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A Review of the Incidence and Consequences of Cigarette Filter Vent Blocking Among Smokers

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research
Volume 19 (2001): Issue 4 (January 2001)
By:
RR Baker and  LS Lewis  
Open Access
|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0709 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9509
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Language: English
Page range: 209 - 228
Submitted on: Sep 5, 2000
Accepted on: Dec 13, 2000
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
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