Motivations and limitations associated with vaping among people with mental illness: A qualitative analysis of reddit discussions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sharma, Ratika ^a   Wigginton, Britta ^a   Meurk, Carla ^a,b   Ford, Pauline ^a   Gartner, Coral E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Harm reduction; Mental disorders; Qualitative research; Reddit; Smoking cessation; Social media; Vaping

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VAPING; ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; SMOKING CESSATION; VAPING;

EID: 85007305404     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010007     Document Type: Article

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