Cigarette type 'switchers': A descriptive analysis

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 477-478

  Mecredy, Graham C ^a   Bondy, Susan J ^a,b   Brown, K Stephen ^a,c   Cohen, Joanna E ^a,b,d,e  

^a ONTARIO TOBACCO RESEARCH UNIT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANADA; COST; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MARKETING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TAX;

AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MARKETING; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 84855547409     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404205     Document Type: Letter

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