How do young adult female smokers interpret dissuasive cigarette sticks? A qualitative analysis

Journal of Social Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-39

  Hoek, Janet ^a   Robertson, Cherie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Cognitive dissonance; Plain packaging; Public health; Qualitative research; Smoking Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920532103     PISSN: 20426763     EISSN: 20426771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSOCM-01-2014-0003     Document Type: Article

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