Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification?

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Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification? / Nielsen, Morten Ebbe Juul.

In: Public Health Ethics, Vol. 15, No. 1, 09.04.2022, p. 104-116.

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Harvard

Nielsen, MEJ 2022, 'Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification?', Public Health Ethics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac007

APA

Nielsen, M. E. J. (2022). Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification? Public Health Ethics, 15(1), 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac007

Vancouver

Nielsen MEJ. Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification? Public Health Ethics. 2022 Apr 9;15(1):104-116. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phac007

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Nielsen, Morten Ebbe Juul. / Public Reason and Public Health: Can Anti-smoking Policies Be Justified According to a Public Reason Account of Justification?. In: Public Health Ethics. 2022 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 104-116.

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