Impact of the 2005 smoke-free policy in Italy on prevalence, cessation and intensity of smoking in the overall population and by educational group

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1677-1686

  Federico, Bruno ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   Eikemo, Terje A ^b   Kunst, Anton E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational status; Italy; Smoke free legislation; Smoking cessation; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864768555     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03853.x     Document Type: Article

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