Estimating missed government tax revenue from foreign tobacco: Survey of discarded cigarette packs

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-418

  Wilson, N ^a   Thomson, G ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Peace, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO;

CRIME; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO;

EID: 70349869499     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.031278     Document Type: Article

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