US adult tobacco users' absolute harm perceptions of traditional and alternative tobacco products, information-seeking behaviors, and (mis)beliefs about chemicals in tobacco products

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-45

  Bernat, Jennifer K ^a   Ferrer, Rebecca A ^b   Margolis, Katherine A ^a   Blake, Kelly D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute harm perceptions; HINTS; Information seeking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; JACKKNIFE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT HARM; PERCEPTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014036261     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.02.027     Document Type: Article

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