Increased Cigarette Tax is Associated with Reductions in Alcohol Consumption in a Longitudinal U.S. Sample

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-248

  Young Wolff, Kelly C ^a   Kasza, Karin A ^b   Hyland, Andrew J ^b   Mckee, Sherry A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarette Tax; Hazardous Drinking; Longitudinal; Sex; Smokers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL; CIGARETTE TAX; HAZARDOUS DRINKING; LONGITUDINAL; SEX; SMOKERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892817832     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12226     Document Type: Article

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