Tobacco tax and the illicit trade in tobacco products in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-120

  Ajmal, Ali ^a   Veng Ian, U ^a  

^a Action on Smoking and Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

illegal tobacco; illicit tobacco; Smoking New Zealand; tobacco control; tobacco tax

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; CRIME; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84926010791     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12389     Document Type: Article

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