Reduced smoking and rising obesity: Does smoking ban in the workplace matter?

Economics Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Liu, Feng ^a   Zhang, Ning ^b   Cheng, Kai Wen ^c   Wang, Hua ^d  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cigarette smoking; Obesity; Smoking ban; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954267809     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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