Maximum yields might improve public health - If filter vents were banned: A lesson from the history of vented filters

Tobacco Control

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Kozlowski, Lynn T ^a   O'Connor, R J ^b   Giovino, G A ^b   Whetzel, C A ^a   Pauly, J ^b   Cummings, K M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE; TAR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FILTRATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TARS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744966657     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.016501     Document Type: Article

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