Little cigar and cigarillo beliefs and behaviors among African-American young adults

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 519-528

  Stephens, Maegan ^a   Ogunsanya, Motolani E ^a   Ford, Kentya H ^a   Bamgbade, Benita A ^a   Liang, Ming Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cigarillos; Little Cigars; Theory of Planned Behavior; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANNABIS SMOKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941199037     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.39.4.8     Document Type: Article

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