BACKGROUND Implementation of smoke free policies has potentially substantial effects on health by reducing secondhand smoke exposure. However little is known about whether the introduction of anti-smoking legislation translates into decreased secondhand smoke exposure. We examined whether smoking bans impact rates of secondhand smoke exposure in public places and rates of complete workplace smo...

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...

Developing thoughts on exposure in cultural geography, literary studies, and mobilities research, this article aims to provide a more comprehensive account towards the publicness of public space. What would happen if we assessed not by degrees openness inclusion, but through nexus vulnerability complicity that is fundamental notion exposure? To grasp such an intrinsic dualism, our perspective g...