Global effects of smoking, of quitting, and of taxing tobacco

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Jha, Prabhat ^a   Peto, Richard ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; TOBACCO;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAXES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84892179075     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1308383     Document Type: Review

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