The effect of cigarette prices on brand-switching in China: A longitudinal analysis of data from the ITC China survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  White, Justin S ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Hu, Teh Wei ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b,c   Jiang, Yuan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW/MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRICE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO;

ECONOMICS; LOW/MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRICE;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84899631415     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050922     Document Type: Article

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