The Use and Perception of Electronic Cigarettes and Snus among the U.S. Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Shu Hong ^a   Gamst, Anthony ^a   Lee, Madeleine ^a   Cummins, Sharon ^a   Yin, Lu ^a   Zoref, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SNUS; TELEVISION; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886257052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079332     Document Type: Article

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