Prevalence of use and perceptions of risk of novel and other alternative tobacco products among sexual minority adults: Results from an online national survey, 2014–2015

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2017, Pages 71-78

  Nayak, Pratibha ^a   Salazar, Laura F ^a   Kota, Krishna K ^a   Pechacek, Terry F ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigar; Dual use; E cigarette; Hookah; Intentions; Lesbian, gay and bisexual; Pipe; Risk perception; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LGBT PEOPLE; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROSEXUALITY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 85021072924     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.024     Document Type: Article

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