E-cigarette use and adult cigarette smoking cessation: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 230-246

  Wang, Richard J ^a,b   Bhadriraju, Sudhamayi ^a,b   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMOKING CESSATION; VAPING;

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING CESSATION; VAPING;

EID: 85100070281     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305999     Document Type: Article

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