Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: The example of the UK cigarette market

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1317-1326

  Gilmore, Anna B ^a   Tavakoly, Behrooz ^a   Taylor, Gordon ^a   Reed, Howard ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Landman Economics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette prices; Cigarette taxation; Tobacco industry; Tobacco industry pricing strategy; Tobacco tax policy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84878908890     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12159     Document Type: Article

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