Racial/ethnic differences in electronic cigarette use and reasons for use among current and former smokers: Findings from a community-based sample

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Hooper, Monica Webb ^a,b   Kolar, Stephanie K ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; E cigarette; Electronic nicotine delivery systems; Hispanics; Racial ethnic minorities; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC MINORITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SMOKING; SURVEY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH HAZARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VAPING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VAPING;

EID: 84991688492     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13101009     Document Type: Article

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