Perceived harm of secondhand electronic cigarette vapors and policy support to restrict public vaping: Results from a national survey of US adults

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 686-693

  Mello, Susan ^a   Bigman, Cabral A ^b   Sanders Jackson, Ashley ^c   Tan, Andy S L ^d,e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING REGULATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84964937528     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv232     Document Type: Article

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