Retail impact of raising tobacco sales age to 21 years

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e18-e21

  Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a   Hartman, Lester ^b   Chen, Minghua L ^a   Gottlieb, Mark ^c   Nabi Burza, Emara ^a   DiFranza, Joseph R ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Westwood Mansfield Pediatrics   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MARKETING; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MARKETING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907818068     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302174     Document Type: Article

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