Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in...

Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in...

This report supports previous research indicating that gaps in health linked to social economic status exist in urban areas. The innovative aspect of this report lies partly in the level ofgeography used in the analyses (that is, dissemination areas), which allowed for the results to be...

“A society that treats its most vulnerable members with compassion is a more just and caring society for all” (WHO 2002:5). Long-term residential care is where many of our most vulnerable members live and, in spite of moves towards aging in place, where many will continue to live in the...