California's Tobacco Tax Initiative: The Development and Passage of Proposition 99

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Traynor, Michael P ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a University of California

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SERVICE; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLITICS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029976737     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-21-3-543     Document Type: Article

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