Statewide evaluation of youth access ordinances in practice: Effects of the implementation of community-level regulations in massachusetts

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-489

  Thomson, Carey Conley ^a   Gokhale, Manjusha ^b   Biener, Lois ^c   Siegel, Michael B ^d   Rigotti, Nancy A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b POLICY ANALYSIS INC PAI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; smoking; tobacco control; youth access

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERTISING; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 10444225927     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200411000-00002     Document Type: Article

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