Does electronic cigarette use predict abstinence from conventional cigarettes among smokers in Hong Kong?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Wu, Socrates Yong Da ^a   Wang, Man Ping ^a   Li, William H ^a   Kwong, Antonio C ^b   Lai, Vienna W ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Cncl on Smoking and Hlth   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conventional cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes; Nicotine; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REDUCTION; VAPING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SELF REPORT; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; VAPING;

EID: 85042557437     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15030400     Document Type: Article

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