How much downside? Quantifying the relative harm from tobacco taxation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 451-454

  Wilson, N ^a,b   Thomson, G ^c   Tobias, M ^d   Blakely, T ^c  

^a Public Health Physician ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Public Health Physician   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 2442644990     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.011528     Document Type: Article

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