Characteristics, use patterns and perceptions of electronic cigarette users who were never traditional cigarette smokers

Affiliations

¹ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: ehammett@psu.edu.
² Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: svheldheer@psu.edu.
³ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: jyingst@phs.psu.edu.
⁴ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: shrabovsky@psu.edu.
⁵ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: jfoulds@psu.edu.

Erin Hammett et al. Addict Behav. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb:65:92-97.

doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.10.007. Epub 2016 Oct 22.

¹ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: ehammett@psu.edu.
² Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: svheldheer@psu.edu.
³ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: jyingst@phs.psu.edu.
⁴ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: shrabovsky@psu.edu.
⁵ Penn State University College of Medicine, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA. Electronic address: jfoulds@psu.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Electronic cigarettes; Qualitative research; Survey research; Tobacco use.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Interest All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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