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Cigarette smuggling mitigates the public health benefits of cigarette taxes

R.Andrew Luccasen III Department of Economics and Finance, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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R. Morris Coats Department of Finance and Economics, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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G. Karahan Department of Finance and Economics, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA
Pages 769-773 | Published online: 21 Aug 2006

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