Modeling the future effects of a menthol ban on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1236-1240

  Levy, David T ^a,b   Pearson, Jennifer L ^c   Villanti, Andrea C ^c   Blackman, Kenneth ^b   Vallone, Donna M ^c   Niaura, Raymond S ^c   Abrams, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MENTHOL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958808856     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300179     Document Type: Article

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