Has boston’s 2011 cigar packaging and pricing regulation reduced availability of single-flavoured cigars popular with youth?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 135-140

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Gouveia, Tami ^b   Sbarra, Cheryl ^c   Harding, Nikysha ^d   Kane, Kevin ^a   Hayes, Rashelle ^a   Reid, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Tobacco Free Mass ^*  (United States)

^c Massachusetts Association of Health Boards   (United States)

^d Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAPE; HUMAN; INSPECTOR; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; PACKAGING;

FLAVORING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; COMMERCE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84963946051     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052619     Document Type: Article

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