Taking ad-Vantage of lax advertising regulation in the USA and Canada: Reassuring and distracting health-concerned smokers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1973-1985

  Anderson, Stacey J ^a   Pollay, Richard W ^b   Ling, Pamela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advertising; Canada; Cigarettes; Corporate documents; Low tar; Psychology; Tobacco industry; USA

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; SMOKING;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33747767144     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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