In defence of helping people to stop smoking

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9665, 2009, Pages 703-705

  Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 60649097363     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60417-7     Document Type: Note

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