Smoking while driving and public support for car smoking bans in Italy

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-243

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b,c   Gallus, Silvano ^d   Lugo, Alessandra ^d   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b,c   Invernizzi, Giovanni ^e,f   Colombo, Paolo ^g   Pacifici, Roberta ^h   La Vecchia, Carlo ^d,i  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f IDE Medici per l'ambiente   (Italy)

^g Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^h ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898857044     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050700     Document Type: Article

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