The impact of menthol cigarettes on smoking initiation among non-smoking young females in Japan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Connolly, Gregory N ^a   Behm, Ilan ^a   Osaki, Yoneatsu ^b   Wayne, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female smoking; Initiation; Japan; Menthol; Smokers

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79951498726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8010001     Document Type: Article

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