About the Authors
- Martine Stead
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* E-mail: martine.stead@stir.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Crawford Moodie
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Kathryn Angus
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Linda Bauld
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Ann McNeill
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Affiliation Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, London, United Kingdom
- James Thomas
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Affiliation Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
- Gerard Hastings
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Kate Hinds
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Affiliation Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
- Alison O'Mara-Eves
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Affiliation Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
- Irene Kwan
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Affiliation Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
- Richard I. Purves
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- Stuart L. Bryce
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Affiliation Institute for Social Marketing & Cancer Research United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco Control Research and United Kingdom Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
AM, JT, KH, AO and IK state no competing interests. The Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Studies at the University of Stirling receive research funding from Cancer Research United Kingdom. MS, CM, KA, LB, RIP and SLB state no competing interests other than the institutional funding received from Cancer Research United Kingdom. GH has served as an expert witness in four cases: 1) in the United Kingdom for the plaintiff (McTear) versus the tobacco industry; and for 2) the United Kingdom Department of Health, 3) the Irish Government and 4) the Norwegian Government's defence of suits by the tobacco industry. GH states no financial competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: MS LB AM CM AO. Wrote the paper: MS CM KA LB AM JT GH KH AO IK RIP SLB. Provided input into design of review: MS LB AM JT CM KA GH. Oversaw systematic searches: JT. Data extraction: KH IK KA RIP SLB AO. Quality assessments: KH IK KA RIP SLB.