Price sensitivity and smoking smuggled cigarettes

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-27

  Lee, Jie Min ^a   Chen, Sheng Hung ^b   Chen, Hsin Fan ^c   Jeng, Huei Yann Joann ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Price sensitivity; Smuggled cigarettes; Socio economic status; Tobacco tax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONEY; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMUGGLED CIGARETTE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449104350     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn115     Document Type: Article

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