Association between menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking and flavoured little cigar and cigarillo use among African-American, Hispanic, and white young and middle-aged adult smokers

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages ii21-ii31

  Sterling, K ^a   Fryer, C ^b   Pagano, I ^c   Jones, D ^a   Fagan, P ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTHOL; SMOKERS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994593476     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053203     Document Type: Article

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