Tobacco branding, plain packaging, pictorial warnings, and symbolic consumption

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-639

  Hoek, Janet ^a   Gendall, Philip ^b   Gifford, Heather ^c   Pirikahu, Gill ^c   McCool, Judith ^d   Pene, Gina ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Thomson, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Whakauae Research for Maori Health and Development   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

consumerism marketing, focus groups; interviews, semistructured; tobacco and health; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARKETING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SMOKING; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859143812     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311431070     Document Type: Article

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