Tobacco Use by Male Prisoners Under an Indoor Smoking Ban
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Tobacco use by male prisoners under an indoor smoking ban.
INTRODUCTION Most correctional facilities have implemented tobacco restrictions in an effort to reduce costs and improve prisoner health, but little has been done to evaluate the impact of these policy changes. Patterns of tobacco use among prisoners were explored to determine the impact of incarceration in a facility with an indoor smoking ban on tobacco use behaviors. METHODS Recently incar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nicotine & Tobacco Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1462-2203,1469-994X
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr024