Has growth in electronic cigarette use by smokers been responsible for the decline in use of licensed nicotine products? Findings from repeated cross-sectional surveys

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 974-978

  Beard, Emma ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   McNeill, Ann ^b   Michie, Susan ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE LOZENGE; NICOTINE PATCH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LICENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942105497     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206801     Document Type: Article

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