Assigning an '18' rating to movies with tobacco imagery is essential to reduce youth smoking

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-378

  Millett, Christopher ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952004116     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.133108     Document Type: Editorial

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