‘It will harm business and increase illicit trade’: An evaluation of the relevance, quality and transparency of evidence submitted by transnational tobacco companies to the UK consultation on standardised packaging 2012

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue E2, 2015, Pages e168-e177

  Evans Reeves, K A ^a   Hatchard, J L ^a   Gilmore, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRIME; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARKETING; PACKAGING; SMOKING; STANDARD; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRIME; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MARKETING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84940377501     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051930     Document Type: Article

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