Consumption and production waste: Another externality of tobacco use

Tobacco Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Novotny, Thomas E ^a   Zhao, Feng ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Litter; Tobacco waste

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 0033092187     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.8.1.75     Document Type: Article

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