Economic and political influence on tobacco tax rates: A nationwide analysis of 31 years of state data

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 350-357

  Golden, Shelley D ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a   Perreira, Krista M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893380326     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301537     Document Type: Article

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