Cannabis vaping and public health-some comments on relevance and implications

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1705-1706

  Fischer, Benedikt ^a,b,c   Russell, Cayley ^a   Tyndall, Mark W ^d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cannabis; E cigarettes; Policy; Public health; Vaping

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; VAPING;

CANNABIS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; VAPING;

EID: 84944464020     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13064     Document Type: Note

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