Hand rolling cigarette papers as the reference point for regulating cigarette fire safety

Tobacco Control

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 406-410

  Laugesen, M ^a   Duncanson, M ^b   Fraser, T ^c   McClellan, V ^d   Linehan, B ^e   Shirley, R ^f  

^a Health New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

^d Research and Evaluation Services   (New Zealand)

^e Medlab   (New Zealand)

^f E Lab   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEW ZEALAND; PAPER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PAPER; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SMOKING;

EID: 3242720147     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.12.4.406     Document Type: Article

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