Long-term benefit of increasing the prominence of a quitline number on cigarette packaging: 3 Years of Quitline call data

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1321, 2010, Pages

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Li, Judy ^a,b   Hoek, Janet ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Peace, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Health Sponsorship Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; LETTER; PACKAGING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TELEPHONE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCT LABELING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 77956327016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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