Why don’t more smokers switch to using e-cigarettes: The views of confirmed smokers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  McKeganey, Neil ^a   Dickson, Tiffany ^a  

^a Centre for Substance Use Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e cigarettes; Reduced harm; Smoker s experience; Smoker s perceptions

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021125765     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060647     Document Type: Article

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