Commentary on Wagener etal. (2012): Laissez-faire regulation: Turning back the clock on the Food and Drug Administration and public health

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1552-1554

  Cobb, Nathan K ^a,b,c,d   Abrams, David B ^a,c,d  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Electronic nicotine delivery systems; Harm reduction; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM;

HUMAN; NOTE;

HUMANS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84864745289     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03927.x     Document Type: Note

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