A qualitative assessment of business perspectives and tactics of tobacco and vape shop retailers in three communities in Orange County, CA, 2015-2016

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yang, Joshua S ^a   Lee, Esther ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarettes; Marketing; Qualitative research; Vape shops

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055133930     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-018-0307-z     Document Type: Article

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