Harm reduction at the crossroads: The case of e-cigarettes

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 505-507

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ADOLESCENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84920873987     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.06.022     Document Type: Review

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