The transnational tobacco companies' strategy to promote Codentify, their inadequate tracking and tracing standard

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue E1, 2014, Pages

  Joossens, Luk ^a   Gilmore, Anna B ^b  

^a Association of the European Cancer Leagues   (Belgium)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; CRIME; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; POLICE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84901826562     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050796     Document Type: Note

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