Regulatory assessment of brand changes in the commercial tobacco product market

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Ferris Wayne, G ^a   Connolly, G N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; PACKAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; STANDARD; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MARKETING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 69149090352     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.030502     Document Type: Article

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