Banning outdoor smoking is scientifically justifiable.
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Banning smoking outdoors is seldom ethically justifiable.
" Debate " is a new series oVering opposing sides of a continuing, controversial issue in tobacco control. In this and the two responses that follow, the pros and cons of banning smoking outdoors are discussed by the Banning smoking outdoors is seldom ethically justifiable Several Australian hospitals are proposing to extend their indoor smoking bans outdoors. In 1996, the mayor of Friendship H...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Tobacco control
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000