Cigarette brands with flavour capsules in the filter: Trends in use and brand perceptions among smokers in the USA, Mexico and Australia, 2012-2014

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 275-283

  Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Abad Vivero, Erika N ^b   Moodie, Crawford ^c   O’Connor, Richard J ^d   Hammond, David ^e   Michael Cummings, K ^f   Yong, Hua Hie ^g   Salloum, Ramzi G ^a   Czoli, Christine ^e   Reynales Shigematsu, Luz Myriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TASTE; TIME FACTOR; TOBACCO; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964294808     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052064     Document Type: Article

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