Where do vapers buy their vaping supplies? Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) 4 country smoking and vaping survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Braak, David C ^a   Michael Cummings, K ^a,b   Nahhas, Georges J ^a,b   Heckman, Bryan W ^a,b   Borland, Ron ^c,d   Fong, Geoffrey T ^e,f   Hammond, David ^e   Boudreau, Christian ^e   McNeill, Ann ^g   Levy, David T ^h   Shang, Ce ⁱ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Vaping; Vaping policies

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PROPELLANT;

RETAILING; SMOKING; SURVEY; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VAPING; ADOLESCENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SMOKERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060613537     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16030338     Document Type: Article

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