Nigeria's costly complacency and the global tobacco epidemic

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-33

  Nwhator, Solomon O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nigeria; smoking; smoking control law; smoking control policy; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856423354     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.58     Document Type: Article

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