Population use, sales, and design: A multidimensional assessment of "light" cigarettes in the United States, 2009

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Behm, Ilan ^a   Sokol, Natasha A ^a   Kennedy, Ryan David ^a   Rees, Vaughan W ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874045390     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300950     Document Type: Article

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