Standardised (plain) packaging: The time for implementation has come

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1417, 2015, Pages 47-51

  Hoek, Janet ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Ao, Mike Daube ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; AUSTRALIA; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCT LABELING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84942096933     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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