Protecting young people from smoking imagery in films: Whose responsibility?

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 844-846

  Lyons, Ailsa ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FILM CLASSIFICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; IMAGERY; IMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; SMOKING IN FILM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053239286     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200789     Document Type: Editorial

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