Impact of state cigarette taxes on disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1464-1470

  Hawkins, Summer Sherburne ^a   Baum, Christopher F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904308587     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301955     Document Type: Article

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