Flavored e-cigarette use: Characterizing youth, young adult, and adult users

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-40

  Harrell, M B ^a   Weaver, S R ^b   Loukas, A ^c   Creamer, M ^a   Marti, C N ^c   Jackson, C D ^a   Heath, J W ^b   Nayak, P ^b   Perry, C L ^a   Pechacek, T F ^b   Eriksen, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; E cigarettes; Flavors; Young adults; Youth

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CINNAMON; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FLAVOR; FLAVORED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TASTE; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84996555005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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