Contrasting academic and tobacco industry estimates of illicit cigarette trade: Evidence from Warsaw, Poland

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue E1, 2014, Pages

  Stoklosa, Michal ^a   Ross, Hana ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CRIME; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLAND; POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POLAND; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84901851096     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051099     Document Type: Article

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