The revision of the 2014 European tobacco products directive: An analysis of the tobacco industry’s attempts to ‘break the health silo’

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-117

  Peeters, Silvy ^a   Costa, Hélia ^b   Stuckler, David ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^c   Gilmore, Anna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC POLICY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EUROPE; PUBLIC POLICY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84930036861     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051919     Document Type: Article

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