Cigarette taxes and youth smoking: New evidence from national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Carpenter, Christopher ^a   Cook, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette tax; Smoking; Tobacco control; Youth substance use

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TAX SYSTEM; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTOR; TAX; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 40849118042     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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