A content analysis of smokeless tobacco coverage in U.S. newspapers and news wires

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1289-1296

  Wackowski, Olivia A ^a   Jane Lewis, M ^a   Delnevo, Cristine D ^a   Ling, Pamela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CARCINOGENICITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON CANCER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FACE DEFORMITY; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKOPLAKIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MASS MEDIUM; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; NECK CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; STOMACH CANCER; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879398523     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts332     Document Type: Article

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