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. 2001 Dec;10(Suppl 1):i43–i44. doi: 10.1136/tc.10.suppl_1.i43

Changing the future of tobacco marketing by understanding the mistakes of the past: lessons from "Lights"

D Canova, M Myers, D Smith, J Slade
PMCID: PMC1766052  PMID: 11740044

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