Has the tobacco industry evaded the FDA's ban on 'Light' cigarette descriptors?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-145

  Connolly, Gregory N ^a   Alpert, Hillel R ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECEPTION; ECONOMICS; FILTRATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; PACKAGING; PACKAGING AND LABELLING; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

PACKAGING AND LABELLING; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

DECEPTION; FILTRATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MARKETING; MASSACHUSETTS; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84893983038     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050746     Document Type: Article

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