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The use and misuse of health research by parliamentary politicians during the development of a national smokefree law

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Title
The use and misuse of health research by parliamentary politicians during the development of a national smokefree law
Published in
Australian Health Review, December 2007
DOI 10.1186/1743-8462-4-24
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Authors

George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Philippa Howden-Chapman

Abstract

We investigated the ways in which research evidence about the health effects from secondhand smoke (SHS) and smokefree policies was publicly used or regarded by New Zealand parliamentary politicians, during efforts to strengthen a smokefree law (ie, from 1997 to 2005).

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Country Count As %
Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 19%
Student > Master 3 12%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 8%
Other 7 27%
Unknown 5 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 23%
Social Sciences 5 19%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 12%
Arts and Humanities 2 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 8%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 6 23%