Pro-smoking apps for smartphones: The latest vehicle for the tobacco industry?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  BinDhim, Nasser F ^a,b   Freeman, Becky ^a,b   Trevena, Lyndal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Higher Education   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING; MOBILE PHONE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CELL PHONES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84890313727     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050598     Document Type: Article

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