Public opinion about smoking and smoke free legislation in a district of North India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 330-334

  Goel, S ^a   Singh, R J ^b   Sharma, D ^a   Singh, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNION   (India)

Author keywords

Cigarette and other tobacco products act; public opinion; smoke free legislation; smokers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO USE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84920066013     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.146788     Document Type: Article

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