The impact of implementing smoking bans among incarcerated substance users: A qualitative study

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-479

  Chang, Chih Cheng ^a   Huang, Chih Ling ^b   Chen, Chih Yin ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

prison; smoking ban; smoking cessation; substance user

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 78751489960     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710369910     Document Type: Article

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