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Closing the youth access gap: The projected health benefits and cost savings of a national policy to raise the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States

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  • Ahmad, Sajjad, 2005. "Closing the youth access gap: The projected health benefits and cost savings of a national policy to raise the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(1), pages 74-84, December.
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