Should e-cigarettes be regulated as a medicinal device?

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 429-431

  Hajek, Peter ^a   Foulds, Jonathan ^b   Houezec, Jacques Le ^c   Sweanor, David ^d   Yach, Derek ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Ottawa ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Vitality Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; LICENCE; MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; DEVICE APPROVAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EUROPE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

DEVICE APPROVAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 84881371020     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70124-3     Document Type: Letter

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