Smoking in urban outdoor public places: Behaviour, experiences, and implications for public health

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 961-968

  Kaufman, Pamela ^a,b   Griffin, Kara ^a   Cohen, Joanna ^a,b   Perkins, Nathan ^c   Ferrence, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outdoor public places; Public health policy; Smoke free policies; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; RESEARCH WORK; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955334333     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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