Public support for selected e-cigarette regulations and associations with overall information exposure and contradictory information exposure about e-cigarettes: Findings from a national survey of U.S. adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-274

  Tan, Andy S L ^a,b   Lee, Chul Joo ^c   Bigman, Cabral A ^d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarette; Public opinion; Tobacco control policy; United States

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PACKAGING; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ADVERTISING; AGED; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944069932     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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