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The public health benefits of smoking ban policies: epidemiologic analyses of mortality effects and differentials by socioeconomic status [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis was submited for the degree of Doctor of Public Health and awarded by Brunel UniversityBackground: The implementation of comprehensive smoking ban policies results in reduced population exposure to secondhand smoke, yielding health benefits ...
Smith, Sericea Stallings
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Banning smoking in the workplace

BMJ, 2002
Papers p 188 A teaching hospital not a million miles from where I work has, for some years, been considering beefing up its non-smoking policy. In the next year a new policy will come into force, which will remove dedicated smoking rooms and hopefully discourage smokers from lighting up around the entrances to buildings.
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Exposure to secondhand smoke at work: a survey of members of the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objective: To measure workers' attitudes towards and experiences of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in the workplace. Method: A stratified random sample of members from the Victorian Branch of the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous ...
Melissa Cameron, Melanie Wakefield, Lisa Trotter, Graeme Inglis   +3 more
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Smoking habits among the hospital staff of a General Hospital in Northern Greece: a long way for smoke-free hospitals

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background and Aim. The aim of the study was to evaluate the smoking habits of all staff working in a General Hospital, and to examine whether these habits comply with the introduction of a tobacco law in July 2002, where smoking in enclosed public areas,
I. Vagropoulos, T. Tsilchorozidou, G. Tsinopoulos, Z. Salonikidou, M. Mouratova, M. Giavropoulou, N. Grigoriadis   +6 more
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Workplace Smoking Ban Policy and Smoking Behavior

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2009
To evaluate the impact of the workplace smoking ban in South Korea, where the male smoking rate is high (57%), on smoking behavior and secondhand smoke exposure.A workplace smoking ban legislation implemented in April 2003 requires offices, meeting rooms, and lobbies located in larger than 3,000 square meter buildings (or 2,000 square meter ...
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The Impact of Sustainability Labelling on Consumers' Evaluation and Choice of Food Products: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen, Lucía Romero‐Verdú, Anne O. Peschel   +2 more
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Analysis of primary risk factors for oral cancer from select US states with increasing rates

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2010
Objectives To examine the primary risk factor for oral cancer in the US, smoking and tobacco use, among the specific US states that experienced short-term increases in oral cancer incidence and mortality.
Anthony Bunnell, Nathan Pettit, Nicole Reddout, Kanika Sharma, Susan O'Malley, Michelle Chino, Karl Kingsley   +6 more
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Effects of a Workplace-Smoking Ban in Combination With Tax Increases on Smoking in the Dutch Population [PDF]

Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2011
In the Netherlands, between 2003 and 2005, 3 tobacco control measures were implemented: a workplace-smoking ban and 2 tax increases on tobacco products. This study explores how the combination of measures influences the smoking behavior of the general population divided into subpopulations with and without paid work (all aged 16-65 years).Data from the
Verdonk-Kleinjan, Wendy M. I., Candel, Math J. J. M., Knibbe, Ronald A., Willemsen, Marc C., de Vries, Hein   +4 more
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Antidepressant Misuse in Esports: A Review of Pharmacology, Adverse Effects, Pharmacokinetics and Biomatrix‐Based Detection for Anti‐Doping Applications

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
This review highlights the misuse of antidepressants as potential cognitive‐enhancing agents in Esports. Despite pharmacological effects that overlap with those of psychostimulants, antidepressants remain an under‐recognised source of doping in Esports.
Kassim Ali Salum, Shao‐Hsin Hung, Meng‐Tsang Hsieh, Mei‐Chich Hsu, William Chih‐Wei Chang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market regulation and firm performance: the case of smoking bans in the UK [PDF]

, 2009
This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK.
Adda, Jerome, V. Bhaskar, Adda, J., Jerome Adda, Berlinski, Samuel, Samuel Berlinski, Berlinski, S., Bhaskar, V., Machin, S., Machin, Stephen, Stephen Machin   +10 more
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