Are adolescents attempting to buy cigarettes on the internet?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 360-363

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a,c   Rohrbach, Louise Ann ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent smokers; Internet cigarette vendors; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035651311     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.10.4.360     Document Type: Article

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