Implementing the ban on smoking in israeli pubs: Measuring airborne nicotine and enforcement by local authorities

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 7-14

  Satran, Carmit ^a   Drach Zahavy, Anat ^a   Katharine Hammond, S ^b   Baron Epel, Orna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne nicotine; Law enforcement; Local authorities; Pubs and bars; Second hand smoke

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISRAEL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; NICOTINE; RESTAURANTS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84927757364     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913510728     Document Type: Article

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