Smokers are unaware of the filter vents now on most cigarettes: Results of a national survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-270

  Kozlowski, Lynn T ^a   Goldberg, Marvin E ^b   Yost, Berwood A ^b   Ahern, Frank M ^a   Aronson, Keith R ^b   Sweeney, Christine T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness survey; Cigarette filter ventilation; Filter vent blocking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0030325112     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.4.265     Document Type: Article

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