Marketing tobacco to New Zealand women: 8 ways to reflect on "World No Tobacco Day"

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1315, 2010, Pages 84-90

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Whakauae Research Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; SOCIAL MARKETING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MARKETING; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77952944063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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