Poor Smokers, Poor Quitters, and Cigarette Tax Regressivity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-229

  Remler, Dahlia K ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; INCOME; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; WELFARE;

EID: 0842284052     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.2.225     Document Type: Review

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