"It's not smoke. It's not tar. It's not 4000 chemicals. Case closed": Exploring attitudes, beliefs, and perceived social norms of e-cigarette use among adult users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-85

  Coleman, Blair N ^a   Johnson, Sarah E ^a   Tessman, Greta K ^a   Tworek, Cindy ^a   Alexander, Jennifer ^b   Dickinson, Denise M ^b   Rath, Jessica ^c   Green, Kerry M ^d  

^a CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Qualitative research; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL NORM; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL NORMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955186877     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.11.028     Document Type: Article

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