Effectiveness of Electronic Aids for Smoking Cessation

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 464-472

  Meier, Ellen ^a,b   Tackett, Alayna P ^a,b   Wagener, Theodore L ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Electronic interventions; mHealth; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VARENICLINE;

AWARENESS; BATTERING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INHALER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOBILE PHONE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TECHNOLOGY; VAPOR;

EID: 84887533041     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-013-0343-8     Document Type: Review

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