Menthol cigarettes: Moving toward a broader definition of harm

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Gardiner, Phillip ^a   Clark, Pamela I ^b  

^a University of California Office of the President   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MENTHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MARKETING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MENTHOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 78650615553     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq176     Document Type: Article

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