Effect of cigarette tax increase in combination with mass media campaign on smoking behaviour in Mauritius: Findings from the ITC Mauritius survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages iii71-iii75

  Azagba, Sunday ^a   Burhoo, Premduth ^b   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c,d   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Powder Mill   (Mauritius)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WHO Collaborating Centre   (United States)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940587783     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052096     Document Type: Article

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