Recent changes in cigarette packaging in New Zealand may continue to mislead smokers [9]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1268, 2008, Pages

  Peace, Jo ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSUMER; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; MARKETING; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 40049112794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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