Tobacco use and impact of tobacco-free policy on university employees in an environment of high tobacco use and production

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-120

  Veeranki, Sreenivas P ^a   Mamudu, Hadii M ^b   He, Yi ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Socio economic status; Tobacco use prevalence; Tobacco free campus policy; Tobacco producing state; University personnel or employees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO FREE POLICY; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878498169     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-012-0297-3     Document Type: Article

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