Flavored Tobacco Products in the United States: A Systematic Review Assessing Use and Attitudes

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 739-749

  Feirman, Shari ^a,b   Lock, Diana ^a   Cohen, Joanna ^a   Holtgrave, David ^a   Li, Tianjing ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MENTHOL;

AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIDIS; CASE STUDY; CIGAR; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCT; HEALTH BELIEF; HOOKAH; HUMAN; KRETEK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84964986208     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv176     Document Type: Review

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