Protection from secondhand smoke in countries belonging to the WHO European region: An assessment of legislation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 403-411

  Martínez, Cristina ^a,b   Martínez Sánchez, Jose María ^a   Robinson, Gillian ^c   Bethke, Christina ^d   Fernández, Esteve ^a,e  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Tobacco Control Team   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Lawyer specialized in tobacco legislation   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84906222678     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050715     Document Type: Article

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