Health considerations in regulation and taxation of electronic cigarettes

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 802-806

  Mainous, Arch G ^a,b   Tanner, Rebecca J ^a   Mainous, Ryan W ^c   Talbert, Jeffery ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Health policy; Smoking; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 84946401606     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150114     Document Type: Article

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