The illegal cigarette market in a socioeconomically deprived inner-city area: The case of the South Bronx

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-140

  Kurti, Marin K ^a   von Lampe, Klaus ^b   Thompkins, Douglas E ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PACKAGING; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WASTE;

COMMERCE; CRIME; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; URBAN HEALTH; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84874205830     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050412     Document Type: Article

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