Why combating tobacco smuggling is a priority

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7677, 2008, Pages 1028-1029

  West, Robert ^a   Townsend, Joy ^b   Joossens, Luk ^c   Arnott, Deborah ^d   Lewis, Sarah ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)   (Belgium)

^d Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOBACCO;

CRIME; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; SMOKING;

EID: 55949085185     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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