Effect of a large increase in cigarette tax on cigarette consumption: an empirical analysis of cross-sectional survey data

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1061-1067

  Lee, Jie Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cigarette tax; Price elasticity; Taiwan; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; TAX; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TAXES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 51249119411     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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