Cigarette smokers' use of unconventional tobacco products and associations with quitting activity: Findings from the ITC-4 U.S. cohort

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 672-681

  Kasza, Karin A ^a   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^a   O'connor, Richard J ^a   Compton, Wilson M ^b   Kettermann, Anna ^c   Borek, Nicolette ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^d,e   Cummings, K Michael ^f   Hyland, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900027157     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt212     Document Type: Article

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