Pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages in qatar: Preimplementation awareness and perceptions of ever-smokers versus never-smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1765-1772

  Awaisu, Ahmed ^a   Hagi, Aisha ^a   Ashour, Marwa Attia ^a   Kheir, Nadir ^a  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING; QATAR; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892864367     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt059     Document Type: Article

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