Cigarette affordability in the united states

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1484-1491

  Bandi, Priti ^a,b   Blecher, Evan ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   Ross, Hana ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882611422     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts348     Document Type: Article

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