Children must be protected from the tobacco industry's marketing tactics

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hopkinson, Nicholas ^a   Wallis, Colin ^b   Higgins, Bernard ^c   Gaduzo, Stephen ^d   Sherrington, Rebecca ^e   Keilty, Sarah ^f  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cheadle Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Pediatrics   (United Kingdom)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; CHILD CARE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; MARKETING; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING BAN; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84890043061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7358     Document Type: Letter

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