Retail tobacco distribution in Australia: Evidence for policy development

Australasian Marketing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-173

  Burton, Suzan ^a   Clark, Lindie ^b   Heuler, Stefanie ^c   Bollerup, Jette ^b   Jackson, Kristina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Policy; Smoking; Tobacco retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959961016     PISSN: 14413582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ausmj.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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