How easy is it for young people to obtain cigarettes, and do test sales by trading standards have any effect? A survey of two schools in Gateshead

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-216

  Bagott, M ^a   Jordan, C ^b   Wright, C ^b   Jarvis, S ^b  

^a Donald Court House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood; Health promotion; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; COMMERCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0032062377     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.1998.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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