Effect of cigarette taxes on the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, tea and coffee in Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 429-436

  Lee, J M ^a   Chen, M G ^b   Hwang, T C ^b   Yeh, C Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarette tax; Coffee; Price elasticity; Tea; Time series analyses

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COFFEE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM; TEA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; COST; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TAX; TEA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COFFEE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TAXES; TEA; TOBACCO;

TAIWAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77956026944     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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