Estimating the impact of pictorial health warnings and " plain" cigarette packaging: Evidence from experimental auctions among adult smokers in the United States

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Rousu, Matthew C ^c   Hammond, David ^d   Navarro, Ashley ^b   Corrigan, Jay R ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Experimental auctions; Grotesque warning labels

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960928392     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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