Is roll-your-own tobacco substitute for manufactured cigarettes: Evidence from Ireland?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Cornelsen, L ^a   Normand, C ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

economics; public health; smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897697589     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt030     Document Type: Article

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