Changing patterns of first e-cigarette flavor used and current flavors used by 20,836 adult frequent e-cigarette users in the USA

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Russell, Christopher ^a   McKeganey, Neil ^a   Dickson, Tiffany ^a   Nides, Mitchell ^b  

^a Centre for Substance Use Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Los Angeles Clinical Trials   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; E cigarettes; E liquids; Flavors; Harm reduction; Smoking; Tobacco; Vapers; Vaping

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; FLAVORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CANDY; CHOCOLATE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PASTRY; PROBABILITY; SMOKING HABIT; SWEETNESS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKERS; TASTE; UNITED STATES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049212540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-018-0238-6     Document Type: Article

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