The impact of cigarette excise tax increases on purchasing behaviors among New York City smokers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Coady, Micaela H ^a   Chan, Christina A ^a   Sacks, Rachel ^a   Mbamalu, Ijeoma G ^a   Kansagra, Susan M ^a  

^a Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevetion and Tobacco Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878064964     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301213     Document Type: Article

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