The lightest market in the world: Light and mild cigarettes in Japan

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 803-810

  Assunta, Mary ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMODIFICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FILTER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL MARKETING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CULTURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MARKETING; NICOTINE; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TARS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 47149117466     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802023882     Document Type: Review

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