The status and future challenges of tobacco control policy in Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 129-135

  Cho, Hong Jun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Smoke free policy; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KOREA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; TAX;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84902506372     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.3.129     Document Type: Article

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