Smoke and fire over e-cigarettes: As nations adopt regulatory measures for e-cigarettes, it is imperative to understand how approaches to risk, cost-benefit, and trade-offs have shaped interpretations of evidence

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6220, 2015, Pages 375-376

  Fairchild, Amy L ^a   Bayer, Ronald ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TRADE-OFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84921769946     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260761     Document Type: Short Survey

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