“I just use it for weed”: The modification of little cigars and cigarillos by young adult African American male users

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 66-79

  Koopman Gonzalez, Sarah J ^a   Cofie, Leslie E ^b   Trapl, Erika S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunts; cigarillos; little cigars; marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLUNT; CANNABIS USE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITTLE CIGAR AND CIGARILLO; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT; CANNABIS SMOKING; ETHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949235478     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2015.1081117     Document Type: Article

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