Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 728-734

  Chan, Sow Hup ^a   Pilkington, Paul ^b   Wan, Yim King Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casinos; Second hand smoke; Smoke free legislation; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858753171     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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