The alcohol industry lobby and Hong Kongs zero wine and beer tax policy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yoon, Sungwon ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alcohol industry; Alcohol tax; Hong Kong; Political tactics; Public health policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEER; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONG KONG; INDUSTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; TAX; WINE;

BEER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH POLICY; HONG KONG; INDUSTRY; LOBBYING; TAXES; WINE;

EID: 84865493841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-717     Document Type: Article

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