Vape, quit, tweet? Electronic cigarettes and smoking cessation on Twitter

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-256

  van der Tempel, Jan ^a,b   Noormohamed, Aliya ^a,b   Schwartz, Robert ^a,b   Norman, Cameron ^a   Malas, Muhannad ^a   Zawertailo, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Smoking cessation; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VAPING;

ADULT; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; VAPING;

EID: 84957598624     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0791-2     Document Type: Article

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