Close, but no cigar: Certain cigars are pseudo-cigarettes designed to evade regulation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 349-354

  Delnevo, Cristine D ^a   Hrywna, Mary ^a   Giovenco, Daniel P ^a   Lo, Erin J Miller ^a   O’Connor, Richard J ^b  

^a Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MARKET; SMOKING; TAX; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84973327582     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-052935     Document Type: Article

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