How risky is it to use e-cigarettes? Smokers’ beliefs about their health risks from using novel and traditional tobacco products

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 318-326

  Pepper, Jessica K ^a,b   Emery, Sherry L ^c   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b   Rini, Christine M ^a,b   Brewer, Noel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Electronic nicotine delivery systems; Health behavior; Risk perceptions; Tobacco products

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84925493458     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-014-9605-2     Document Type: Article

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