Phasing-out tobacco: Proposal to deny access to tobacco for those born from 2000

Tobacco Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Khoo, Deborah ^a   Chiam, Yvonne ^a   Ng, Priscilla ^a   Berrick, Aj ^b   Koong, Hn ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

EID: 77958585111     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.031153     Document Type: Article

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