Use of flavored E-cigarettes and the type of E-cigarette devices used among adults and youth in the US—results from wave 3 of the population assessment of tobacco and health study (2015–2016)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2019, Pages

  Schneller, Liane M ^a   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^a   Goniewicz, Maciej L ^a   McIntosh, Scott ^b   Ossip, Deborah ^b   O’connor, Richard J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Flavors; Population; Regulation; Tobacco; Vaping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; PEOPLE BY SMOKING STATUS; UNITED STATES; VAPING; ADDICTION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

FLAVORING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKERS; TASTE; UNITED STATES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85071576214     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16162991     Document Type: Article

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