To vape or not to vape? Effects of exposure to conflicting news headlines on beliefs about harms and benefits of electronic cigarette use: Results from a randomized controlled experiment

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 97-103

  Tan, Andy S L ^a,b   Lee, Chul joo ^c   Nagler, Rebekah H ^d   Bigman, Cabral A ^e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Conflicting information; Electronic cigarette; News coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VAPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CULTURE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING;

EID: 85029171963     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.08.024     Document Type: Article

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