Tobacco industry response to menthol cigarette bans in Alberta and Nova Scotia, Canada

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue e1, 2017, Pages e71-e74

  Brown, Jennifer ^a   DeAtley, Teresa ^a   Welding, Kevin ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^b   Chaiton, Michael ^b   Kittner, Deirdre Lawrence ^c   Cohen, Joanna E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ALBERTA; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARKETING; NOVA SCOTIA; PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ALBERTA; HUMANS; MARKETING; MENTHOL; NOVA SCOTIA; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKING;

EID: 84978664345     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053099     Document Type: Article

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