Trends in adolescent smoking initiation in the United States: Is tobacco marketing an influence?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-127

  Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^a   Pierce, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Smoking initiation; Tobacco marketing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADVERTISING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031160008     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.6.2.122     Document Type: Article

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