Banning Tobacco Sales at the Retail Pharmacy: Natural Evolution of Drug Store As Responsible Health Provider Or Effective Marketing Strategy?

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-393

  Lopez Trigo, Paula ^a   Khanfar, Nile M ^a   Alameddine, Sarah ^a   Harrington, Catherine ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare; pharmacists; pharmacy; positioning; strategy; tobacco

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MARKETING; PHARMACY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MARKETING; PHARMACIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946896130     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2015.1093885     Document Type: Article

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