Fctc background report on smokeless tobacco is incompatible with who scientific reports

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-227

  Borland, Ron ^a   Fagerström, Karl ^b   Foulds, Jonathan ^c   Mcneill, Ann ^d   Ramström, Lars ^e  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Smokers Information Centre   (Sweden)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Tobacco Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FCTC; Scientific evidence; Smokeless tobacco; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; RESEARCH; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH REPORT; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650030832     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03250.x     Document Type: Letter

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