When the tobacco industry controls the news: KKR, RJR Nabisco, and the Weekly Reader Corporation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-148

  DeJong, William ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Current Events; KKR; Media control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MASS MEDIUM; PLANT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MASS MEDIA; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030155912     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.2.142     Document Type: Article

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