Falling prevalence of smoking: How low can we go?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-147

  Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34347214468     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.021220     Document Type: Editorial

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