To the Editor: The introduction of indoor smoking restrictions in Western Australian pubs, clubs and nightclubs1 has been championed as a public health success and an advance in tobacco control. But how well is it being observed, and is the current legislation adequate?
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- 1 Australian Medical Association (Western Australia), Perth, WA.
- 2 Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA.
- 3 Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Perth, WA.
- 4 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
Correspondence: will.patterson@amawa.com.au
- 1. Western Australia. Tobacco Products Control Act 2006. http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsf/5d62daee56e9e4b348256ebd0012c422/6afc 657a7ee388f8482571540025df99/$FILE/Tobacco %20Products%20Control%20Act%202006.PDF (accessed Aug 2007).
- 2. Government of Western Australia Drug and Alcohol Office. ASSAD smoking report 2005. A research report. April 2007. TNS Social Research Job No. 70409. http://www.dao.health.wa.gov.au/Publica tions/tabid/99/DMXModule/427/Default.aspx? EntryId=695 (accessed Aug 2007).
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