Harm perceptions of electronic cigarettes and nicotine: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey of young people in Great Britain

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 192, Issue , 2018, Pages 257-263

  East, Katherine ^a,b   Brose, Leonie S ^a,b   McNeill, Ann ^a,b   Cheeseman, Hazel ^c   Arnott, Deborah ^c   Hitchman, Sara C ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarette; Harm perception; Nicotine; Smoking; Tobacco; Youth

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HARM PERCEPTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOTLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WALES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; PERCEPTION; SCOTLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPING; WALES;

EID: 85054340838     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.016     Document Type: Article

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