Achieving fire-safe cigarette legislation through coalition-based legislative advocacy

Tobacco Control

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-79

  Goldstein, Adam O ^a   Grant, Ernest ^b   McCullough, Anna ^a   Cairns, Bruce ^b   Kurian, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FIRE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; POLITICS; SAFETY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FIRES; HUMANS; LOBBYING; NORTH CAROLINA; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 77049117746     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.029538     Document Type: Article

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