When a tax increase fails as a tobacco control policy: The ITC China project evaluation of the 2009 cigarette tax increase in China

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-

  Li, Qiang ^a,b   Hu, Teh Wei ^c   Mao, Zhengzhong ^d   O'Connor, Richard J ^e   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,f   Wu, Changbao ^a   Zhang, Jingjing ^b   Quah, Anne C K ^a   Jiang, Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CHINA; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859934321     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050111     Document Type: Letter

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