Fiscal and policy implications of selling pipe tobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Morris, Daniel S ^a   Tynan, Michael A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MARKETING; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; COMPUTER PROGRAM;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

SOFTWARE; TAXES; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860476821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036487     Document Type: Article

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