Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-180

  Chaloupka, Frank J ^a   Yurekli, Ayda ^b   Fong, Geoffrey T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84857250420     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050417     Document Type: Review

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