Familiarity, perception, and reasons for electronic-cigarette experimentation among the general public in Malaysia: Preliminary insight

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 240-247

  Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed ^a   Bhagavathul, Akshaya Srikanth ^b   Ya'u, Adamu ^c   Al Dubai, Sami Abdo Radman ^d   Elsayed, Tarek M ^a   Ahmad, Akram ^e   Mohamed, Wael ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^d SEGI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarette; Experimentation; Malaysia; Perception; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALAYSIAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84977653454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.180768     Document Type: Article

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