Cigarette affordability trends: An update and some methodological comments

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-175

  Blecher, E H ^a   van Walbeek, C P ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX;

COMMERCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67649801813     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.026682     Document Type: Article

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