Roll-your-own cigarettes in Europe: Use, weight and implications for fiscal policies

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 186-192

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Lugo, Alessandra ^a,b   Ghislandi, Simone ^a,c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Gilmore, Anna B ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette weight; Europe; Fine cut tobacco; Hand rolled tobacco; Roll your own cigarettes; Tobacco smoking; Tobacco taxation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLL YOUR OWN CIGARETTE; ROMANIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897435151     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000010     Document Type: Article

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