Will the European Union's new tobacco tax legislation lead to reductions in smoking prevalence? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Spain

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1963-1970

  López Nicolás, Ángel ^a   Badillo Amador, Lourdes ^a   Belen Cobacho Tornel M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

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ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING REGULATION; SPAIN; TAX; TOBACCO; ADULT; AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; SPAIN; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84887524215     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt038     Document Type: Article

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