Why we need tobacco sales data for good tobacco control

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Gartner, Coral E ^a   Chapman, Simon F ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^a   Wakefield, Melanie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARKETING; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 77449153630     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03389.x     Document Type: Editorial

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