Exploring the relationship between cigarette prices and smoking among adults: A cross-country study of low-and middle-income nations

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPLEMENT1, 2014, Pages

  Kostova, Deliana ^a   Tesche, Jean ^b   Perucic, Anne Marie ^c   Yurekli, Ayda ^c   Asma, Samira ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL ADULT TOBACCO SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING REGULATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; EGYPT; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL NORM; TAX; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; URUGUAY; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891765323     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt170     Document Type: Article

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