Views of experienced electronic cigarette users

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-88

  Baweja, Raman ^a   Curci, Katherine M ^b   Yingst, Jessica ^a   Veldheer, Susan ^a   Hrabovsky, Shari ^a   Wilson, Stephen J ^c   Nichols, Travis T ^c   Eissenberg, Thomas ^d   Foulds, Jonathan ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b And ^*  (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependence; Electronic cigarette; experience; public health; smoking; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955212247     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2015.1077947     Document Type: Review

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