Cigarette Taxes and Older Adult Smoking: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 424-438

  MacLean, Johanna Catherine ^a   Kessler, Asia Sikora ^b   Kenkel, Donald S ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette taxes; older adults; smoking

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE TAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO USE; AGE; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959509430     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3161     Document Type: Article

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