Perceptions and impact of plain packaging of tobacco products in low and middle income countries, middle to upper income countries and low-income settings in high-income countries: A systematic review of the literature

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hughes, Nicole ^a   Arora, Monika ^b   Grills, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; INCOME; PACKAGING; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84962333179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010391     Document Type: Review

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