Are electronic cigarettes an effective aid to smoking cessation or reduction among vulnerable groups? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 602-616

  Gentry, Sarah ^a,b   Forouhi, Nita G ^c   Notley, Caitlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; VARENICLINE;

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; TEXT MESSAGING; THERAPY; VAPING;

ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REDUCTION; TEXT MESSAGING; TOBACCO SMOKING; VAPING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85064979573     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nty054     Document Type: Review

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