Why do people use electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes)? A content analysis of Twitter, 2012-2015

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Ayers, John W ^a   Leas, Eric C ^b   Allem, Jon Patrick ^c   Benton, Adrian ^d   Dredze, Mark ^d,e   Althouse, Benjamin M ^f,g,h   Cruz, Tess B ^c   Unger, Jennifer B ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^e Bloomberg LP   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING   (United States)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FLAVOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TREND STUDY; VAPING; WEB BROWSER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; VAPING;

EID: 85014396968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170702     Document Type: Article

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