Electronic cigarette awareness and use among adults in Hong Kong

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-38

  Jiang, Nan ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   McGhee, Sarah M ^a   Kwong, Antonio C S ^b   Lai, Vienna W Y ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hopewell Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adult; Electronic cigarette; Epidemiology; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TOBACCO USE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940983429     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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