Characteristics of users and usage of different types of electronic cigarettes: Findings from an online survey

Addiction

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 724-733

  Etter, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E cigarette; Electronic cigarette; Internet; Nicotine; Smoking; Tobacco use disorder

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961158629     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13240     Document Type: Article

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