Smaller cigarette pack as a commitment to smoke less? Insights from behavioral economics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Marti, Joachim ^a   Sindelar, Jody ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CIGARETTE PACK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84944790470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137520     Document Type: Article

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