A new attack on smoking using an old-time remedy

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-203

  Moore, Michael C ^b   Mikhail, Charles J ^a  

^a Scruggs Millette Lawson B   (United States)

^b NONE

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CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LAW SUIT; MARKETING; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAX;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JURISPRUDENCE; LOBBYING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029965724     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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