Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: National survey data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Peace, Jo ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Devlin, Miranda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SMOKING CESSATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

TAR; TOBACCO TAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TARS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650735627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-126     Document Type: Article

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