Perceptions of plain and branded cigarette packaging among norwegian youth and adults: A focus group study

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 450-456

  Scheffels, Janne ^a   Sæbø, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; NORWAY; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872840690     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts153     Document Type: Article

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