'The dragon breathes smoke': Cigarette counterfeiting in the People?s Republic of China

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-258

  Shen, Anqi ^b   Antonopoulos, Georgios A ^a   Von Lampe, Klaus ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

China; Cigarettes; Counterfeiting; Illegal market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249145446     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp069     Document Type: Article

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