The distribution of cigarette prices under different tax structures: Findings from the international tobacco control policy evaluation (ITC) project

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Shang, Ce ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a   Zahra, Nahleen ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLICY; PRICE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TAX; TAXATION; TOBACCO;

ECONOMICS; PRICE; TAXATION;

COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84899620005     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-050966     Document Type: Article

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