Effectiveness of tax and price policies in tobacco control

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Chaloupka, Frank J ^a   Straif, Kurt ^b   Leon, Maria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955618382     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.039982     Document Type: Review

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