Combating against tobacco smuggling: Taiwan's experience

Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 249-291

  Lo, Chang Fa ^a   Lin, Tsai Yu ^a   Yang, Pei Kan ^a   Lee, Su Hua ^a   Wu, Chuan Feng ^a   Chen, Kuan Chieh ^a   Hsieh, Yun Che ^a   Jin, Ding ^a   Lin, Jia Huey ^a   Shen, Yuan Kai ^a   Yang, Yu Keng ^a   Lee, Roger ^a   Lo, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contraband tobacco; Customs; FCTC; Reward; Seizure; Tobacco smuggling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868665732     PISSN: 18195164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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