Forget the “blood and gore”: An alternative message strategy to help adolescents avoid cigarette smoking

Health Education

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 99-108

  de Meyrick, Julian ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health education; Marketing communications; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145765     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280110387862     Document Type: Review

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