Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 429-436 , August 2010

Effect of cigarette taxes on the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, tea and coffee in Taiwan

  • J.M. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Logistic Management, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • M.-G. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • T.-C. Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 4 22876910.
    • ,
  • C.-Y. Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Trade, The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Received 2 October 2009 ,Revised 26 February 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.008

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 429-436 , August 2010

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