Adolescents perceived effectiveness of the proposed European graphic tobacco warning labels

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-217

  Vardavas, Constantine I ^a   Connolly, Gregory ^b   Karamanolis, Kostas ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Prevention; Product labeling; Public health adolescents; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRODUCT LABELING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 65249185506     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp015     Document Type: Article

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