BACKGROUND No data on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are available on a national level in Italy. To assess the prevalence of exposure to SHS in indoor public places, home and cars in non-smoking Italian population, we conducted a survey 5 years after the national smoking ban. METHODS In 2010, we conducted a survey on a representative sample of the Italian population aged≥15 years. Analyses w...

This paper provides a discussion of issues relating to public places, urban planning and community crime prevention. The first part of the paper examines the social nature of public space from the point of view of ownership, uses and users, urban design and regulation. The second part of the paper explores the application of crime prevention approaches and techniques to the planning and managem...