Impact of corrective health information on consumers' perceptions of "reduced exposure" tobacco products

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 306-311

  Biener, Lois ^a,b   Bogen, Karen ^b   Connolly, Gregory ^c  

^a Center for Survey Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 35048895960     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.019240     Document Type: Article

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