Assessment of residents' attitudes and satisfaction before and after implementation of a smoke-free policy in Boston multiunit housing

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1282-1289

  Rokicki, Slawa ^a   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^b   Fang, Shona ^b,c   Rigotti, Nancy A ^d,e   Jonathan P Winickoff, ^d,e   Levy, Douglas E ^d,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SMOKING; TRENDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSTON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SALIVA; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84964923646     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv239     Document Type: Article

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