The Consequences of High Cigarette Excise Taxes for Low-Income Smokers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Farrelly, Matthew C ^a   Nonnemaker, James M ^a   Watson, Kimberly A ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMERCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCOME; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84866334866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043838     Document Type: Article

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