Tobacco company strategies to identify and promote the benefits of nicotine

Tobacco Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 289-296

  Ling, Pamela M ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

nicotine; tobacco industry; tobacco industry documents

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ADVERSE EVENT; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 85052452857     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054300     Document Type: Article

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