Will a special tax on tobacco reduce lung cancer mortality? Evidence for EU countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1717-1722

  Escario, J J ^a   Molina, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; MORTALITY; SMOKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4043164768     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000266883     Document Type: Article

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