What happened to smokers' beliefs about light cigarettes when "light/mild" brand descriptors were banned in the UK? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Borland, R ^a   Fong, G T ^b,c   Yong, H H ^a   Cummings, K M ^d   Hammond, D ^b   King, B ^a   Siahpush, M ^e   McNeill, A ^f   Hastings, G ^g   O'Connor, R J ^d   Elton Marshall, T ^b   Zanna, M P ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249137777     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.023812     Document Type: Article

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