Effect of the New York State cigarette fire safety standard on ignition propensity, smoke constituents, and the consumer market

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 321-327

  Connolly, G N ^a   Alpert, H R ^a   Rees, V ^a   Carpenter, C ^a   Wayne, G F ^a   Vallone, D ^b   Koh, H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; COST; ECONOMICS; FIRE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; SMOKE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FIRES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NEW YORK; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 25844518716     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2005.011759     Document Type: Article

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