Impact of the removal of light and mild descriptors from cigarette packages in Ontario, Canada: Switching to "light replacement" brand variants

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-125

  Cohen, Joanna E ^a   Yang, Jingyan ^a   Donaldson, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Smoking; Smoking cessation; Tobacco products

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACKAGING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRODUCT LABELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84907708840     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.037     Document Type: Article

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