Plain packaging for cigarettes improves retail transaction times

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7896, 2013, Pages

  Carter, Owen ^a   Welch, Matthew ^a   Mills, Brennen ^a   Phan, Tina ^a   Chang, Paul ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; LETTER; MARKETING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PACKAGING; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84874297627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1063     Document Type: Letter

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