The effect of cigarette prices on youth smoking

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-230

  Ross, Hana ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Price effects; Youth smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037342027     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.709     Document Type: Article

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