Differences between dual users and switchers center around vaping behavior and its experiences rather than beliefs and attitudes

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Adriaens, Karolien ^a   Van Gucht, Dinska ^a,b   Baeyens, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual use; Electronic cigarettes; Tobacco harm reduction

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; VAPING; ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VAPING;

EID: 85039069068     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15010012     Document Type: Article

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