Cigarette pack warning labels in Russia: How graphic should they be?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-372

  Wade, Benjamin ^a   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Lindsay, Gordon B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarettes; graphic; Russia; warning labels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PUBLIC OPINION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC OPINION; RUSSIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957449989     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq098     Document Type: Article

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