The effect of cigarette taxes on smoking among men and women

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1333-1343

  Stehr, Mark ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Smoking; Taxation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049028597     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1223     Document Type: Article

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