Smoking Behaviour, Involuntary Smoking, Attitudes towards Smoke-Free Legislations, and Tobacco Control Activities in the European Union

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b   Fu, Marcela ^a,b   Gallus, Silvano ^c   Martínez, Cristina ^a,b   Sureda, Xisca ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c,d   Clancy, Luke ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e TobaccoFree Research Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; HUMAN; LAW; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SLOVENIA; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESTAURANTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78249279663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013881     Document Type: Article

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