Taxation of Tobacco

Theory and Practice of Excise Taxation: Smoking, Drinking, Gambling, Polluting, and Driving

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cnossen, Sijbren ^a   Smart, Michael ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ad valorem tax; Cigarette smuggling; Cigarette taxes; European union; Social costs of smoking; Specific tax; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920080170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199278598.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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