Higher cigarette Taxes - Healthier people, wealthier state: The Hungarian experience

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Szilágyi, Tibor ^a,b  

^a Tabaco Control ^*  (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cigarette consumption; Hungary; Smoking; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748926592     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3421     Document Type: Article

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