The $5 man: The underground economic response to a large cigarette tax increase in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1483-1488

  Shelley, Donna ^a   Cantrell, M Jennifer ^a   Moon Howard, Joyce ^a   Ramjohn, Destiny Q ^a   VanDevanter, Nancy ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; TAX; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 34548022102     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.079921     Document Type: Article

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