Sometimes a Cigar [Magazine] is More Than Just a Cigar [Magazine]: Pro-Smoking Arguments in Cigar Aficionado, 1992-2000

Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-480

  DeSantis, Alan D ^a   Morgan, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; GUILT; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE; PUBLICATION; READING;

EID: 0242543386     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1504_05     Document Type: Article

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