The economics of tobacco in Lebanon: An estimation of the social costs of tobacco consumption

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 735-742

  Salti, Nisreen ^a   Chaaban, Jad ^a   Naamani, Nadia ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Direct costs of tobacco; Economic costs of tobacco; Indirect costs of tobacco; Social costs of tobacco; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897523528     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.863937     Document Type: Article

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