Support for e-cigarette policies: A survey of smokers and ex-smokers in Great Britain

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue e1, 2017, Pages e7-e15

  Brose, Leonie S ^a,b   Partos, Timea R ^a,b   Hitchman, Sara C ^a,b   McNeill, Ann ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKERS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979025591     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-052987     Document Type: Article

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