Survey of descriptors on cigarette packs: Still misleading consumers?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1303, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Peace, Jo ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Hoek, Janet ^b   Edwards, Richard ^b   Thomson, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLOR; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; NOMENCLATURE; PACKAGING; REVIEW; SAMPLE; TOBACCO;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70449470914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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