Majority support among the public, youth and smokers for retail-level controls to help end tobacco use in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1357, 2012, Pages

  Edwards, Richard ^a   Peace, Jo ^a   Hoek, Janet ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Marsh, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84863517908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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