Regulating electronic cigarettes: Finding the balance between precaution and harm reduction

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 862-864

  Labonté, Ronald ^a   Lencucha, Raphael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

CANADA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; DRUG LEGISLATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY;

CANADA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84938895865     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150347     Document Type: Note

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