Availability and use of cheap tobacco in the United Kingdom 2002-2014: Findings From the international Tobacco Control project

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 714-724

  Partos, Timea R ^a,b   Gilmore, Anna B ^b,c   Hitchman, Sara C ^a,b   Hiscock, Rosemary ^b,c   Branston, J Robert ^d   McNeill, Ann ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING PREVENTION; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047118849     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntx108     Document Type: Article

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