Beyond excise taxes: A systematic review of literature on non-tax policy approaches to raising tobacco product prices

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 377-385

  Golden, Shelley D ^a   Smith, Margaret Holt ^a,b   Feighery, Ellen C ^c   Roeseler, April ^d   Rogers, Todd ^e   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE;

CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84942133941     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052294     Document Type: Review

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