Juggling Two Balls—Smoking (Re)Normalization and Harm Reduction: E-Cigarettes—Facts and Misconceptions in Taiwan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 328-331

  Gao, Wayne ^a   Sanna, Mattia ^a   Huang, Li Ling ^a   Chiu, Ya Wen ^a   Chen, Yi Hua ^a   Chiou, Hung Yi ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

drug abuse; e cigarettes; harm reduction; smoking; smoking (re)normalization; Taiwan; tobacco; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; NOTE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NORM;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SMOKING; SOCIAL NORMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 85049916877     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539518773479     Document Type: Note

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