The unbearable lightness of "light" cigarettes: A comparison of smoke yields in six varieties of Canadian "light" cigarettes

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-172

  Gendreau, Paul L ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Legislation; Light cigarettes; Organic chemicals; Product labelling; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYLAMINE; ACRYLONITRILE; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CROTONALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCURY; META CRESOL; NICKEL; PARA CRESOL; PROPIONALDEHYDE; TAR; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW; PACKAGING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 20344373940     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403683     Document Type: Article

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