Lessons from New Zealand's introduction of pictorial health warnings on tobacco packaging

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 861-866

  Hoek, Janet ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Allen, Matthew ^b   Edwards, Richard ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Li, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Regulatory Specialists Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; SMOKING CESSATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ART; COMMUNICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; TOBACCO;

NEW ZEALAND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78149274982     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.076695     Document Type: Article

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