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Would plain packaging and health warning labels reduce smoking in the presence of informal markets? A choice experiment in Colombia

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  • Rodríguez-Lesmes, Paul
  • Góngora-Salazar, Pamela
  • Mentzakis, Emmanouil
  • Buckley, Neil
  • Gallego, Juan Miguel
  • Guindon, G. Emmanuel
  • Martínez, Juan Pablo
  • Paraje, Guillermo

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Despite progress made by many countries on the adoption of plain tobacco packaging laws over the last years, low- and middle-income countries, with a large supply of loose cigarettes via informal vendors, remain far behind.

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  • Rodríguez-Lesmes, Paul & Góngora-Salazar, Pamela & Mentzakis, Emmanouil & Buckley, Neil & Gallego, Juan Miguel & Guindon, G. Emmanuel & Martínez, Juan Pablo & Paraje, Guillermo, 2024. "Would plain packaging and health warning labels reduce smoking in the presence of informal markets? A choice experiment in Colombia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 354(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:354:y:2024:i:c:s0277953624005227
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117069
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