Raising Tobacco Taxes: The Philippine Experience
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The sociodemographic patterning of opposition to raising taxes on tobacco and restricting tobacco advertisements in Argentina.
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2476-762X
DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2020.21.s1.27