Smuggling treaty could reduce tobacco toll

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9611, 2008, Pages 458-460

  Arnott, Deborah ^a   Joossens, Luk ^b   Bianco, Eduardo ^b   Assunta, Mary ^b   Ogwell, Ahmed ^b  

^a Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Framework Convention on Global Health Alliance   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DRUG TRAFFIC; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMUGGLING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38949145651     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60217-2     Document Type: Note

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