Towards reality and away from blind acceptance: Changes in the attitude of public house bar staff to their exposure to second hand tobacco smoke in the work-place since the announcement of legislative measures

Health Education Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-334

  Adams Jones, Marc ^a,c   Adams Jones, David ^c   Powell, Colin ^b  

^a Vale of Glamorgan Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UWIC   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bar workers; Environmental tobacco smoke; Passive smoking; Public houses; Second hand tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35748956139     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896907083154     Document Type: Article

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