The application of a decision-theoretic model to estimate the public health impact of vaporized nicotine product initiation in the United States

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 149-159

  Levy, David T ^a   Borland, Ron ^b   Villanti, Andrea C ^c   Niaura, Raymond ^c   Yuan, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Yian ^a   Meza, Rafael ^d   Holford, Theodore R ^e   Fong, Geoffrey T ^f,g   Cummings, K Michael ^h   Abrams, David B ^a,c,i  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VAPING; VERY ELDERLY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031919432     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw158     Document Type: Article

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