'I've never ever let anyone hold the kids while they've got ciggies': Moral tales of maternal smoking practices

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1086-1100

  Holdsworth, Clare ^a   Robinson, Jude E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Home; Moral tale; Mothers; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 55849117051     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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