Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: A qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Bowker, Katharine ^a   Orton, Sophie ^a   Cooper, Sue ^a   Naughton, Felix ^b   Whitemore, Rachel ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Bauld, Linda ^c   Sinclair, Lesley ^c   Coleman, Tim ^a   Dickinson, Anne ^a   Ussher, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Interviews; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE; BIRTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED NATIONS; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048634712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1856-4     Document Type: Article

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