All gates lead to smoking: The 'gateway theory', e-cigarettes and the remaking of nicotine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

  Bell, Kirsten ^a   Keane, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drugs; E cigarettes; Gateway hypothesis; Gateway theory; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE;

DRUG; MODELING; SMOKING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG USE; GATEWAY THEORY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEARNING THEORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING REGULATION; THEORY; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NICOTINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SMOKING;

EID: 84908334340     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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