A baseline assessment of attitudes toward tobacco free campus policies in a U.S./México border university

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-227

  Cooper, Theodore V ^a   Cabriales, José Alonso ^a   Hernandez, Nora ^a   Law, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Paso Del Norte Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Policy; Risk perception; Smoke free; Tobacco free

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; AWARENESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; STAFF; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84964955500     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.023     Document Type: Article

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