"Below the line": The tobacco industry and youth smoking

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 655-673

  Coombs, Jaimee ^a   Bond, Laura ^a   Van, Victoria ^a   Daube, Mike ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Tobacco; Tobacco industry; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MARKETING; PACKAGING; RECREATION; REVIEW; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84861775731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2011.1018     Document Type: Review

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