Adolescents’ attitudes towards e-cigarette ingredients, safety, addictive properties, social norms, and regulation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-71

  Gorukanti, Anuradha ^a   Delucchi, Kevin ^b   Ling, Pamela ^c   Fisher Travis, Raymond ^d   Halpern Felsher, Bonnie ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Adolescent perceptions; Adolescent substance use; E cigarettes; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL NORM; TAX; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85003953071     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.10.019     Document Type: Article

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