Australian adult smokers’ responses to plain packaging with larger graphic health warnings 1 year after implementation: Results from a national cross-sectional tracking survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages ii17-ii25

  Wakefield, Melanie ^a   Coomber, Kerri ^a   Zacher, Meghan ^a   Durkin, Sarah ^a   Brennan, Emily ^a   Scollo, Michelle ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

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EID: 84930144485     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052050     Document Type: Article

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