Prices and e-cigarette demand: Evidence from the European Union

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1973-1980

  Stoklosa, Michal ^a   Drope, Jeffrey ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ESTONIA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; IRELAND; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TAX;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EUROPE; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 84995584075     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw109     Document Type: Article

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