Cigarette price, affordability and smoking prevalence in the European Union

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-196

  Bogdanovica, Ilze ^a   Murray, Rachael ^a   McNeill, Ann ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette affordability; European Union; Income; Prices; Smoking prevalence; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INCOME; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INCOME; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 83355163238     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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