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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Responding to health inequities in New Zealand: the potential of dissuasive cigarettes

Frank Houghton 1 4 , Bruce Duncan 2 , Sharon Houghton 3 , Diane O’Doherty 1 , Derek McInerney 1
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1 HEALR Research Group, Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland

2 Hauora Tairawhiti, 110 Peel Street, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand

3 Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

4 Corresponding author. Email: Frank.Houghton@LIT.ie

Journal of Primary Health Care 11(4) 311-314 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC19013
Published: 24 October 2019

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2019 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License


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