European Union's tobacco products directive: Many questions remain about the influence of industry

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7929, 2013, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; NICOTINE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DRUG LEGISLATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARKETING; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84886875987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6196     Document Type: Editorial

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