Do current government policies sufficiently regulate the interaction between viewing smoking in movies and adolescent smoking behavior?

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 532-533

  Kachroo, Sumesh ^a   Etzel, Carol J ^a   Wilkinson, Anna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849072524     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490701641694     Document Type: Short Survey

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