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Increasing Price and Reducing Access to Tobacco in New York City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Kevin R.J. Schroth
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Abstract

This paper describes novel tobacco control laws passed in New York City in 2017. These laws are designed to improve the city's strategy of using price to decrease tobacco consumption, and over time, change the city's landscape by making tobacco less accessible.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 47 , Issue S2: 2018 Public Health Law Conference: Health Justice: Empowering Public Health and Advancing Health Equity , Summer 2019 , pp. 87 - 90
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2019

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