E-Cigarettes: Policy Options and Legal Issues Amidst Uncertainty

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue s1, 2015, Pages 23-26

  Kaufman, Nancy ^a   Mahoney, Margaret ^b  

^a The Strategic Vision Group   (United States)

^b Public Health Law Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELPHI STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; UNITED STATES;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926151221     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12209     Document Type: Article

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