The rewards, risks and challenges of regional tobacco tax harmonisation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue E1, 2014, Pages

  Blecher, Evan ^a   Drope, Jeffrey ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84901934197     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051241     Document Type: Article

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