Price discounting of cigarettes in milk bars near secondary schools occurs more frequently in areas with greater socioeconomic disadvantage

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-74

  McCarthy, Molly ^a   Scully, Maree ^a   Wakefield, Melanie ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cigarettes; Price; Retail; Socioeconomic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VICTORIA;

EID: 79953810798     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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