Towards a smoke-free world? Philip Morris International's new Foundation is not credible

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10104, 2017, Pages 1722-1724

  Daube, Mike ^a   Moodie, Rob ^b   McKee, Martin ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85032914766     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32561-8     Document Type: Note

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