Private profits and public health: Does advertising of smoking cessation products encourage smokers to quit?

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-481

  Avery, Rosemary ^a   Kenkel, Donald ^a   Lillard, Dean R ^a   Mathios, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MEDIA ROLE; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

EID: 34548013314     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520065     Document Type: Article

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