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Social Organization in Bars: Implications for Tobacco Control Policy

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: This paper considers social roles and relationships of the patrons, staff and owners of bars as critical factors determining adherence to public health policies, and specifically California's smokefree workplace law. Specific elements of social organization in bars affecting health policy include the community within which the bar is set, the unique identity the bar creates, the bar staff and patrons who enact this identity, and their bar society. These elements were found to contribute to the development of power relations within the bar and solidarity against the outside world, resulting in either resistance to or compliance with smokefree workplace policy.

Source: Contemporary Drug Problems

DOI: 10.1177/009145090803500104

Authors: Juliet P. Lee, Tamar M. J. Antin, Roland S. Moore

Institution: Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities