Commentary on Joossens et al. (2010): Eliminating the global illicit cigarette trade - What do we really know?

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1650-1651

  Blecher, Evan ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; FCTC; illicit trade; smuggling; taxation; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOTE; SMOKING; STANDARD; TAX; TOBACCO;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO;

EID: 77955411467     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03063.x     Document Type: Note

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