Electronic cigarettes: Fact and faction

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 626, 2014, Pages 442-443

  West, Robert ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VARENICLINE; NICOTINE GUM;

DEVICE SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HARM REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84907010149     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X681253     Document Type: Editorial

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