Support for and reported compliance among smokers with smoke-free policies in air-conditioned hospitality venues in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings from the international tobacco control Southeast Asia survey

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-109

  Yong, Hua Hie ^a   Foong, Kin ^b   Borland, Ron ^a   Omar, Maizurah ^b   Hamann, Stephen ^c   Sirirassamee, Buppha ^d   Fong, Geoffrey T ^e,f   Fotuhi, Omid ^e   Hyland, Andrew ^g  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c Thai Health Promotion Foundation Bangkok   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioned hospitality venues; Compliance; Restaurants; Smoke free policy; Support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTAURANTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649113822     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509351303     Document Type: Article

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