Twitter analysis of California’s failed campaign to raise the state’s tobacco tax by popular vote in 2012

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 434-439

  Feng, Miao ^a,d   Pierce, John P ^b,c   Szczypka, Glen ^d   Vera, Lisa ^b   Emery, Sherry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TAX; TOBACCO;

CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84986570885     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053103     Document Type: Article

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