Cigarette brand preference as a function of price among smoking youths in Canada: Are they smoking premium, discount or native brands?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 466-473

  Leatherdale, St ^a,b,c   Ahmed, R ^b   Barisic, A ^a   Murnaghan, D ^d   Manske, S ^b,e  

^a Cancer Care Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^e Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 71049173662     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2009.029736     Document Type: Article

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