Blood cigarettes: Cigarette smuggling and war economies in central and eastern Africa

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Titeca, Kristof ^a   Joossens, Luk ^b   Raw, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Framework Convention Alliance   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WAR;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; COMMERCE; CRIME; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WAR;

EID: 79955626212     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.041574     Document Type: Article

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