Filter ventilation and nicotine content of tobacco in cigarettes from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Kozlowski, Lynn T ^a   Mehta, Nicholas Y ^a   Sweeney, Christine T ^a   Schwartz, Stephen S ^a   Vogler, George P ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^b   West, Robert J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Filter ventilation; Nicotine content

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FILTRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PLANTS, TOXIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032241624     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.4.369     Document Type: Article

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