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Cigarette packaging
Children must be protected from the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7358 (Published 09 December 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f7358- Nicholas Hopkinson, chair1,
- Colin Wallis, chair2,
- Bernard Higgins, chair3,
- Stephen Gaduzo, chair4,
- Rebecca Sherrington, chair5,
- Sarah Keilty, honorary president6
- On behalf of Myra Stern, John Britton, Andrew Bush, John Moxham, Karl Sylvester, and 451 others
- 1British Thoracic Society Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Specialist Advisory Group, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London SW3 6NP, UK
- 2British Paediatric Respiratory Society, Great Ormond St Hospital, London, UK
- 3British Thoracic Society, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne, UK
- 4Primary Care Respiratory Society, Cheadle Medical Practice, Stockport, UK
- 5Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey
- 6Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- n.hopkinson{at}ic.ac.uk
Every day in the UK, hundreds of children aged 11-15 years start smoking for the first time,1 2 and there is compelling evidence that children’s perceptions of cigarettes are influenced by branding.3 4 As health professionals working to prevent and treat lung disease caused by smoking, we welcome the government’s …
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