Socioeconomic and country variations in cross-border cigarette purchasing as tobacco tax avoidance strategy. Findings from the ITC Europe surveys

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Nagelhout, Gera E ^a,b   van den Putte, Bas ^c   Allwright, Shane ^d   Mons, Ute ^e   McNeill, Ann ^f   Guignard, Romain ^g   Beck, François ^g,h   Siahpush, Mohammad ⁱ   Joossens, Luk ^j   Fong, Geoffrey T ^k,l   de Vries, Hein ^a   Willemsen, Marc C ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STIVORO Dutch Expert Centre on Tobacco Control   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g French Institute for Health Promotion and Health Education INPES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Association of the European Cancer Leagues   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^l ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAX; TAXATION; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TAXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899619080     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050838     Document Type: Article

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