Outdoor smoking ban at a cancer center: Attitudes and smoking behavior among employees and patients

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Unrod, Marina ^a   Oliver, Jason A ^b   Heckman, Bryan W ^b   Simmons, Vani Nath ^a,b   Brandon, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee smoking; outdoor tobacco ban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CENTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84864599192     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31822d4bb5     Document Type: Article

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