Should Australia reconsider its ban on the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems?

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 602-604

  Hall, Wayne ^a,b   Gartner, Coral ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ADVERTIZING; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84905378234     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70155-9     Document Type: Note

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