Attack on Australia: Tobacco industry challenges to plain packaging

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-387

  Jarman, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

global; governance; investment; lobbying; tobacco; trade

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PACKAGING; POLITICS; STANDARD; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNATIONALITY; LOBBYING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84881013065     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.18     Document Type: Article

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