Who walks into vape shops in Southern California?: A naturalistic observation of customers

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sussman, Steve ^a,b   Allem, Jon Patrick ^a   Garcia, Jocelyn ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Cruz, Tess Boley ^a   Garcia, Robert ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarette; Electronic cigarette; Retail; Tobacco regulation; Vape shop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CUSTOMER; CUSTOMER LOUNGING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; NATURALISTIC OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VAPE SHOP;

EID: 84971014022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12971-016-0082-y     Document Type: Article

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