International trade law, plain packaging and tobacco industry political activity: The Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fooks, Gary ^a   Gilmore, Anna B ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LOBBYING; PACKAGING; PATENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOBBYING; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PRODUCT LABELING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84890309252     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050869     Document Type: Article

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