US attitudes about banning menthol in cigarettes: Results from a nationally representative survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1234-1236

  Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a,b   McMillen, Robert C ^b   Vallone, Donna M ^c   Pearson, Jennifer L ^c   Tanski, Susanne E ^b   Dempsey, Janelle H ^a   Healton, Cheryl ^c   Klein, Jonathan D ^b   Abrams, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958788902     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300146     Document Type: Article

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