The effectiveness of tobacco control policies on vulnerable populations in the USA: A review

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1093, 2016, Pages 670-676

  Vijayaraghavan, Maya ^a   Schroeder, Steven A ^a   Kushel, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

AMBIENT AIR; CANCER MORTALITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRISON; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84988735838     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-133193     Document Type: Review

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