Ethical issues raised by a ban on the sale of electronic nicotine devices

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1061-1067

  Hall, Wayne ^a,b,c   Gartner, Coral ^a,c   Forlini, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

E cigarettes; Ethics; Nicotine use; Regulation; Snus; Tobacco harm reduction

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84931037320     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12898     Document Type: Article

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