Can you refuse these discounts? An evaluation of the use and price discount impact of price-related promotions among US adult smokers by cigarette manufacturers

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Caraballo, Ralph S ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Xu, Xin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PURCHASING; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901912431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004685     Document Type: Article

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