Electronic cigarettes: What can we learn from the UK experience?: Electronic cigarettes have the potential for substantial improvements in public health

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-15.e1

  Mendelsohn, Colin P ^a  

^a The Sydney Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE PATCH; VARENICLINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; GREAT BRITAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954545797     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00725     Document Type: Article

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