Unintended consequences of cigarette price changes for alcohol drinking behaviors across age groups: evidence from pooled cross sections

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McLellan, Deborah L ^a   Hodgkin, Dominic ^a   Fagan, Pebbles ^b   Reif, Sharon ^a   Horgan, Constance M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cigarette price; Drinking behaviors; Older adults; Smoking; Tobacco policy; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE DRINKING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE DRINKING; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863560512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-7-28     Document Type: Article

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