The good news about smoking: How do US newspapers cover tobacco issues?

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-181

  Smith, Katherine Clegg ^b   Wakefield, Melanie ^b   Edsall, Elizabeth ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Media advocacy; News; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MASS MEDIUM; POLICY; PUBLICATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746385853     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200079     Document Type: Article

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