Comparison of beliefs about e-cigarettes' harms and benefits among never users and ever users of e-cigarettes

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 158, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-75

  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

Beliefs; Benefits; Electronic cigarette; Harms; Public opinion; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT SMOKER; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE NEVER USER; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USER; FEMALE; FORMER SMOKER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NON SMOKER; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951758289     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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