Informed choice and the nanny state: Learning from the tobacco industry

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1038-1045

  Hoek, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Informed choice; Nanny state; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CHOICE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAW SUIT; LUNG CANCER; NANNY STATE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84942079465     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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