The argument in favor of graphic warning labels on cigarette packages

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-52

  Pakhale, Smita ^a   Leone, Frank ^b   White, Alexander C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising as topic; Legislation; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PACKAGING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84878050135     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201212-118OT     Document Type: Note

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