Risks of attempting to regulate nicotine flux in electronic cigarettes

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-164

  Farsalinos, Konstantinos E ^a   Voudris, Vassilis ^a   Houezec, Jacques Le ^b,c  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b Public Health and Tobacco Dependence   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PERSONAL NEEDS; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; NICOTINE;

EID: 84922459840     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu207     Document Type: Letter

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