Marketing little cigars and cigarillos: Advertising, price, and associations with neighborhood demographics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1902-1909

  Cantrell, Jennifer ^a   Kreslake, Jennifer M ^a   Ganz, Ollie ^a   Pearson, Jennifer L ^a   Vallone, Donna ^a   Anesetti Rothermel, Andrew ^a   Xiao, Haijun ^a   Kirchner, Thomas R ^a  

^a Legacy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMERCE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884159361     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301362     Document Type: Article

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