Combustible cigarettes cost less to use than e-cigarettes: Global evidence and tax policy implications

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 158-163

  Liber, Alex C ^a,b   Drope, Jeffrey M ^a   Stoklosa, Michal ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; TOBACCO; VAPING;

COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; VAPING;

EID: 84968610659     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052874     Document Type: Article

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