RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Control of smoking and price of cigarettes — a comment
JF British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine
JO Br J Prev Soc Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 45
OP 48
DO 10.1136/jech.28.1.45
VO 28
IS 1
A1 A. B. Atkinson
A1 J. L. Skegg
YR 1974
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/28/1/45.abstract
AB A recent paper by Russell concluded that sharp annual increases in the price of cigarettes should be an essential part of any programme aiming to reduce cigarette smoking by men in the United Kingdom. The present paper reports results of research indicating, however, that men in this country respond very little to changes in price of cigarettes but have been more influenced, albeit temporarily, by antismoking propaganda.