Electronic cigarettes: A position statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 611-618

  Schraufnagel, Dean E ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^b   Drummond, M Bradley ^c   Lam, David C L ^d   Latif, Ehsan ^e   Rosen, Mark J ^f   Sansores, Raul ^g   Van Zyl Smit, Richard ^h   Forum of International Respiratory Societies, ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Tobacco Control Department   (United Kingdom)

^f American College of Chest Physicians   (United States)

^g Departamento de Investigacion en Tabaquismo y EPOC Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Repiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Nicotine delivery devices; Tobacco products

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NICOTINE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

AWARENESS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SAFETY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; NICOTINE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIETIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908105544     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1198PP     Document Type: Review

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