Why e-cigarettes are dividing the public health community

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gornall, Jonathan ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEREGULATION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SYMPOSIUM; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; CONFLICT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING BAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84939236427     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3317     Document Type: Article

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