Movie moguls: British American Tobacco's covert strategy to promote cigarettes in Eastern Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-508

  LeGresley, Eric M ^a   Muggli, Monique E ^b   Hurt, Richard D ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

British American Tobacco; Smoking in movies; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE, EASTERN; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARKETING; MOTION PICTURES; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 33749546961     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl041     Document Type: Article

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