Measuring youth beliefs about the harms of e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco compared to cigarettes

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 7-13

  Persoskie, Alexander ^a   O'Brien, Erin Keely ^a   Nguyen, Anh B ^a   Tworek, Cindy ^a  

^a CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarettes; Measurement; Perceived harm; Risk perception; Smokeless; Tobacco; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; VALIDITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012237186     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.01.033     Document Type: Article

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