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Brief Report

Cannabis dispensary online marketing practices in response to COVID-19 lockdowns

Pamela M. Linga Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and Division of General Internal Medicine, Dept of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Eric Crosbieb School of Public Health, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-298XView further author information
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Louisa M. Holmesc Department of Geography and Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-8385View further author information
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Christine Hoanga Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and Division of General Internal Medicine, Dept of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-3953View further author information
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Samantha Hoeperb School of Public Health, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-1574View further author information
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Pages 1116-1119 | Published online: 02 May 2022

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