Consumers' perceptions of vape shops in Southern California: An analysis of online Yelp reviews

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sussman, Steve ^a,b   Garcia, Robert ^a   Cruz, Tess Boley ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^a   Pentz, Mary Ann ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Southern California; Tobacco regulatory scienc; Vaping shops; Yelp

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; MARKET; MARKETING; NEIGHBORHOOD; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF; VAPE SHOP;

EID: 84989211062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12971-014-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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