'Every space is claimed': Smokers' experiences of tobacco denormalisation

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 914-929

  Bell, Kirsten ^a   McCullough, Lucy ^a   Salmon, Amy ^a   Bell, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denormalisation; Smoking; Stigma; Tobacco control policy; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957127813     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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