@article{Laverty:2015:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052051,
author = {Laverty, AA and Diethelm, P and Hopkinson, NS and Watt, HC and McKee, M},
doi = {10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052051},
journal = {Tobacco Control},
pages = {422--424},
title = {Use and abuse of statistics in tobacco industry-funded research on standardised packaging},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052051},
volume = {24},
year = {2015}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - n this commentary we consider the validity of tobacco industry-funded research on the effects of standardised packaging in Australia. As the first country to introduce standardised packs, Australia is closely watched, and Philip Morris International has recently funded two studies into the impact of the measure on smoking prevalence. Both of these papers are flawed in conception as well as design but have nonetheless been widely publicised as cautionary tales against standardised pack legislation. Specifically, we focus on the low statistical significance of the analytical methods used and the assumption that standardised packaging should have an immediate large impact on smoking prevalence.
AU  - Laverty,AA
AU  - Diethelm,P
AU  - Hopkinson,NS
AU  - Watt,HC
AU  - McKee,M
DO  - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052051
EP  - 424
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 0964-4563
SP  - 422
TI  - Use and abuse of statistics in tobacco industry-funded research on standardised packaging
T2  - Tobacco Control
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052051
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26996
VL  - 24
ER  - 

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