Public attitudes toward smoking bans in a tobacco-producing county

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 645-650

  Wilson, Richard ^a   Duncan, David F ^a,b   Nicholson, Thomas ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duncan and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Indoor Air Act; Environmental tobacco smoke; Secondhand smoke; Smoking; Smoking ban; Tobacco allotments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TAXES; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 3242740822     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200407000-00007     Document Type: Article

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