Lu, Wanrong
Xu, Jingdong
Taylor, Anne Winifred
Bewick, Bridgette Maree
Fu, Zhen
Wu, Nanjin
Qian, Ling
Yin, Ping http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0869-3772
Funding for this research was provided by:
the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), the National Science Foundation of China (81573262)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, HUST (2016YXZD042)
Article History
Received: 15 June 2018
Accepted: 15 April 2019
First Online: 30 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: From the Hubei Provincial CDC (Hubei Provincial Society for Health Promotion & Cigarette-smoking Control, HBPHP & CCS-2014-01), this study received ethical review and approval, ethics committee approval for verbal consent was also included. The interviewers must introduce the content and purpose of the survey according to specific introductions. For all the participants, the verbal informed consent to participate in the study was obtained before the interview started. The abbreviation of the content is as follows: the interviewer’s name and working institute, the purpose of this investigation and the randomly selected of the participants for inclusion in our study, the main information will be collected and the time will take to complete the survey. Finally tell the participants that his decision whether or not to participate in this research is completely voluntary. Should he decide to participate, his responses will be kept completely confidential. If any questions make him uncomfortable, we can skip them. He is also free to end the interview at any time. Then ask the participant if he will agree to participate in our study. All methods in the study were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable. (The current manuscript contains aggregated data only. No details, images, or videos relating to individuals participants are included in the current manuscript).
: BMB, as keynote speaker/expert adviser, has received reimbursement of travel expenses and/or time from Anheuser-Busch, Noctis, and the International Centre for Alcohol Policies. BMB has been in receipt of a research grant provided by the European Research Advisory Board (ERAB) and is currently a recipient of a research grant provided by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD). BMB has received reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred as a member of the independent Research Advisory Board for the European Foundation for Alcohol Research. These projects/activities did not influence the current work. The other authors declare that they have no competing interest other than those mentioned in the acknowledgment section.
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