E-cigarettes: Are we renormalizing public smoking? Reversing five decades of tobacco control and revitalizing nicotine dependency in children and youth in Canada

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 101-105

  Stanwick, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Healthy public policy; Heavy metal exposure; Nicotine dependency; Nicotine poisoning; Normalization; Smoking; Vaping

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GLYCEROL; HEAVY METAL; NICOTINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84924439919     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/20.2.101     Document Type: Article

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