Internet cigarette vendor compliance with credit card payment and shipping bans

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-246

  Williams, Rebecca S ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CREDIT CARD PAYMENT; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET CIGARETTE VENDOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SHIPPING; SMOKING; ACCOUNTING; ALGORITHM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CONTROL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMMERCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTAL SERVICE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891703186     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt159     Document Type: Article

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