Effect of implementation of a smoke-free policy on physical violence in a psychiatric inpatient setting: an interrupted time series analysis

Background: Smoke-free policies are important to protect health and reduce health inequalities. A major barrier to policy implementation in psychiatric hospitals is staff concern that physical violence will increase. We aimed to assess the effect of implementing a comprehensive smoke-free policy...

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Main Authors: Robson, Debbie, Spaducci, Gilda, McNeill, Ann, Stewart, Duncan, Craig, Tom J. K., Yates, Mary, Szatkowski, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5974/1/smokefree_policy_accepted_version.pdf