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Original Articles

Tobacco control and the inequitable socio-economic distribution of smoking: smokers’ discourses and implications for tobacco control

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Pages 35-46 | Received 16 Oct 2008, Accepted 11 Dec 2008, Published online: 29 Mar 2010

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