...Julian de Meyrick; Farhat Yusuf Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify correlates of tobacco smoking behaviour across various socio-demographic segments of the Australian population. Design/methodology/approach Data from two nationally representative, probability samples of persons...

... on smoking attitudes and intentions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Advertising Health Labelling Smoking Tobacco Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable and premature deaths in the USA. Each year, 443,000 Americans die from tobacco use, and smoking-related health...

... the intercepted patients, 48.3 percent reported having seen people smoking in hospitals; 22.3 percent had seen a doctor and/or nurse smoking; 23.8 percent had smelled tobacco in hospitals; 68.4 percent reported having seen “no‐smoking” signs in hospital settings; 42.6 percent reported having been asked about...

...). J. Hacker can be contacted at: jhacker68uk@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Tobacco Cigarettes Personal health Urban communities Public health United Kingdom The introduction of comprehensive smoke‐free workplace regulations in countries across the world...

... such policies. The paper addresses the issues involved. Marilyn V. Whitman can be contacted at: mwhitman@cba.ua.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Hospitals Tobacco Regulation Public health United States of America According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2009...

... and smoking intensity. Nissim Ben David can be contacted at: nissimb@yvc.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Cigarettes Tobacco Individual behaviour Israel Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality (Winickoff et al., 2005...

...‐smoking; and the potential use of celebrities – such as actors – as spokespersons or role models in anti‐smoking campaigns. Sandra C. Jones can be contacted at: sandraj@uow..edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Tobacco Magazines Australia Young adults Influence Behaviour...

... policy, three major themes emerged: administrative and staff support, student involvement, and resources (see Table I). Students Colleges Tobacco United States of America This study is significant for several reasons. First, a study examining the challenges faced by colleges...

... (alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs), the authors identify slight downward trends in population prevalence of use by adolescents and young adults since 2000. This downward trend follows some fairly steep rises during the 1990s, resulting in levels of use remaining historically relatively high...

...Martine Stead; Ross Gordon; Kathryn Angus; Laura McDermott Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the effectiveness of social marketing interventions in influencing individual behaviour and bringing about environmental and policy‐level changes in relation to alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs...

... Tobacco Group communications Youth Behaviour United Kingdom An open question was also included in the questionnaire where the young people surveyed were invited to give their ideas about how to make the Smokebuster club more attractive so as to encourage more young people to join. Responses...

...). The present paper appropriately uses a multilevel modelling approach due to the hierarchical nature of the data. Multilevel modelling and reasons for the use of this approach are discussed elsewhere in the paper. Adolescents Tobacco Social interaction Family Norway The following main research...

...Catherine Campbell; Vivien Carver; Bonita Reinert; Lillian M. Range; Matthew T. Hollimon Purpose The purpose of this research is to assess whether differences occurred between directors and staff in community tobacco use prevention coalitions in Mississippi. Community coalitions, which...

...Bonita Reinert; Vivien Carver; Lillian Range Purpose To assess what volunteers‐ and ministers of faith‐based organizations (FBO) think about their own expertise in delivering a tobacco prevention initiative, the impact of such an initiative on youth, their potential for burnout in doing so...

... to examine demographic correlates and self‐reported estimates of smoking behaviour. Findings Approximately one third of households reported expenditure on tobacco. Expenditure is more prevalent among households with a female head and among lower status occupations. Young people are continuing to take up...

... practical policies which may save the universities money, while protecting students, faculty, and staff from harmful environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Finally, the study addresses the need of the university to implement and enforce policies on campus that will embrace tobacco control. Research...

...Vivien Carver; Bonita Reinert; Lillian M. Range; Catherine Campbell Purpose To examine a tobacco prevention elementary school project completed in 2000 in one rural state in the southeastern USA. Design/methodology/approach Initially, 721 public school fourth through sixth grade teachers...

...W. David Austin; Carol Woodell; Betty Bailey; David G. Altman As part of a tobacco farmer diversification randomized intervention study in 14 eastern North Carolina counties, a media content analysis of 16 local newspapers was conducted. All available issues of each of the newspapers from...

...Margaret Black; Linda McKie; Elaine Allen This article considers the work of an adult education project, second chance learning (SCL), in helping its clients not only to try to stop smoking, but also to examine the place of tobacco in their lives. SCL undertook this work as one of three projects...

...Douglas Eadie; Gerard Hastings; Martine Stead; Anne Marie MacKintosh The debate surrounding tobacco control has become increasingly polarised as the health and tobacco lobbies seek to influence tobacco policy. In recent times the main focus for debate has been the impact of tobacco...