Government slow to act on public preference for total pub smoking ban

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-

  Bonevski, Billie ^a   Walsh, Raoul A ^a   Paul, Christine L ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL MARKETING;

AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 61849130482     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00347.x     Document Type: Letter

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