Prevalence and correlates of the belief that electronic cigarettes are a lot less harmful than conventional cigarettes under the different regulatory environments of Australia and the United Kingdom

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 258-263

  Yong, Hua Hie ^a   Borland, Ron ^a   Balmford, James ^a   Hitchman, Sara C ^b,c   Cummings, K Michael ^d   Driezen, Pete ^e   Thompson, Mary E ^e  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING REGULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HARM REDUCTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031927782     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw137     Document Type: Article

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