An assessment of America's tobacco-free colleges and universities

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-167

  Plaspohl, Sara S ^a   Parrillo, Anthony V ^b   Vogel, Robert ^c   Tedders, Stuart ^c   Epstein, Andrew ^d  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b Elleven Consulting Services   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette smoking; college health; tobacco; tobacco policy; tobacco free college campuses; tobacco free environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84857219422     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2011.580030     Document Type: Article

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