Smokeless tobacco control policies in South Asia: A gap analysis and recommendations

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 890-894

  Khan, Amina ^a   Huque, Rumana ^b   Shah, Sarwat K ^c   Kaur, Jagdish ^d   Baral, Sushil ^e   Gupta, Prakash C ^f   Cherukupalli, Rajeev ^g   Sheikh, Aziz ^h,i   Selvaraj, Sakthivel ^j   Nargis, Nigar ^k   Cameron, Ian ^l   Siddiqi, Kamran ^c,m  

^a Social and Health Inequalities Network   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^e Health Research and Social Development Forum   (Nepal)

^f HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l LEEDS CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONTROL; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

BANGLADESH; COMMERCE; HEALTH POLICY; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84900014563     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu020     Document Type: Article

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