Cigarette design and marketing features are associated with increased smoking susceptibility and perception of reduced harm among smokers in 27 EU countries

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue e4, 2015, Pages e233-e240

  Agaku, Israel T ^a   Omaduvie, Uyoyo T ^b   Filippidis, Filippos T ^a,c   Vardavas, Constantine I ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949804304     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051922     Document Type: Article

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