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Taxation and tobacco plain packaging effect on Saudi smokers quitting intentions in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Sultan O. Aljuaid, Sulaiman A. Alshammari, Fatma A. Almarshad, Khalid S. Almutairi, Abdullah S. Aljumayi, Hesham I. AlKhashan and Rizwan A. Suliankatchi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2020, 41 (10) 1121-1129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.10.25390
Sultan O. Aljuaid
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Sulaiman A. Alshammari
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Fatma A. Almarshad
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Khalid S. Almutairi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Abdullah S. Aljumayi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Hesham I. AlKhashan
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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Rizwan A. Suliankatchi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Aljuaid, Alshammari), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Assistant Agency for Primary Health Care (Almarshad), from the Department of Academic Affairs & Training (Almutairi), Ministry of Health; from the Internal Medicine Department (Aljumayi), from the Medical Services (AlKhashan), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (Suliankatchi), Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
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