Public health benefits from pictorial health warnings on US cigarette packs: A SimSmoke simulation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 649-655

  Levy, David T ^a   Mays, Darren ^a   Yuan, Zhe ^a   Hammond, David ^b   Thrasher, James F ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PACKAGING; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PICTORIAL WORKS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994910755     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053087     Document Type: Article

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