Government paralysis? Stable tobacco prices mean preventable deaths and disease persist, along with health inequalities in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1308, 2010, Pages 74-80

  Thomson, George ^a   O'Dea, Des ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; SMOKING; TAX;

COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE CESSATION;

EID: 75849135799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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