African Americans' Attitudes Toward Cigarette Excise Taxes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 828-834

  King, Gary ^a,b   Mallett, Robyn K ^a,b   Kozlowski, Lynn T ^a,b   Bendel, Robert B ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037980114     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.5.828     Document Type: Article

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