Tax, price and cigarette brand preferences: A longitudinal study of adult smokers from the ITC Mexico survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  de Miera Juárez, Belén Sáenz ^a   Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Reynales Shigematsu, Luz Myriam ^a   Ávila, Mauricio Hernández ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW/MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PRICE; SMOKING; TAX; TAXATION; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ECONOMICS; LOW/MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRICE; TAXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899641494     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050939     Document Type: Article

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