Effect of Graphic Images in Cigarette Health Warning: A Call for Stricter Packaging Regulation in Japan

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-151

  Chéron, Emmanuel ^a  

^a AKITA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graphic images; health warning; Japan; tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924148208     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08961530.2014.979306     Document Type: Article

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