A closer look at ‘Cheap white’ cigarettes

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 527-531

  Ross, Hana ^a   Vellios, Nicole ^a   Smith, Katherine Clegg ^b   Ferguson, Jacqueline ^b   Cohen, Joanna E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYPRUS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MARKET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PACKAGING; TAX; TOBACCO;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84986575620     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052540     Document Type: Article

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