Ethical concerns in tobacco control nonsmoker and "nonnicotine" hiring policies: The implications of employment restrictions for tobacco control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2013-2018

  Voigt, Kristin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

COTININE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84867496457     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300745     Document Type: Article

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