E-Cigarette Design Preference and Smoking Cessation: A U.S. Population Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 356-363

  Chen, Caroline ^a   Zhuang, Yue Lin ^a   Zhu, Shu Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CRAVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961230885     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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