Big marijuana - Lessons from big tobacco

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 399-401

  Richter, Kimber P ^a,b   Levy, Sharon ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG CANCER; MARKETING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MARKETING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904892039     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1406074     Document Type: Article

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