Cigarette pack labelling in 12 countries at different levels of economic development

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-164

  Mir, Hassan ^a   Buchanan, Daniel ^a   Gilmore, Anna ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^b   Yusuf, Salim ^a   Chow, Clara K ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cigarette pack labelling; deceptive labels; health warnings; promotional terms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79954561205     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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