Impact of the 2010 tobacco tax increase in australia on short-term smoking cessation: A continuous tracking survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 469-472

  Dunlop, Sally M ^a   Cotter, Trish F ^b   Perez, Donna A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TAX; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO TAX INCREASE; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555208324     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10074     Document Type: Article

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