Advice from former-smoking e-cigarette users to current smokers on how to use e-cigarettes as part of an attempt to quit smoking

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 977-984

  Russell, Christopher ^a   Dickson, Tiffany ^a   McKeganey, Neil ^a  

^a Centre for Substance Use Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VAPING; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054138871     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntx176     Document Type: Article

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