Does the risk of electronic cigarettes exceed potential benefits? Yes

Chest

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 580-582

  Avdalovic, Mark V ^a,b   Murin, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NICOTINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; HARM REDUCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK; SAFETY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; NICOTINE; RISK; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84941662949     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0538     Document Type: Editorial

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