Smokeless tobacco product prices and taxation in Bangladesh: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Survey

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages S33-S38

  Nargis, N ^a,b   Hussain, A K M G ^b   Fong, G T ^c,d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Price elasticity; smokeless tobacco; taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84920076502     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.147452     Document Type: Article

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