Public attitudes toward larger cigarette pack warnings: Results from a nationally representative U.S. sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Kowitt, Sarah D ^a   Noar, Seth M ^b   Ranney, Leah M ^c   Goldstein, Adam O ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT; MALE; PACKAGING; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC OPINION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014464269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171496     Document Type: Article

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