Erratum: Tobacco industry strategies undermine government tax policy: Evidence from commercial data (Tobacco Control (2018) 27 (488-497) DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053891);Tobacco industry strategies undermine government tax policy: Evidence from commercial data

Tobacco Control

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 488-497

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

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

price; taxation; tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CIGARETTE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 85049096738     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053891corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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