Taxation of smokeless tobacco in India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages S8-S12

  Rout, S K ^a   Arora, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Affordability; consumption; tax structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; POLICY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CULTURE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

CULTURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84920100035     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.147420     Document Type: Article

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