Perceptions of e-cigarettes: a comparison of adult smokers and non-smokers in a Mechanical Turk sample

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 311-323

  Bauhoff, Sebastian ^a   Montero, Adrian ^b   Scharf, Deborah ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette; e Cigarette; online survey; perception; tobacco policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDSOURCING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR; SMOKING; VAPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROWDSOURCING; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKERS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981556608     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1207654     Document Type: Article

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