Compliance with a minimum-age law of 18 for the purchase of tobacco - The case of Sweden

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-385

  Sundh, Mona ^a   Hagquist, Curt ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745662820     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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