E-cigarettes: The best and the worst case scenarios for public health - An essay by Simon Chapman

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENGLAND; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KOREA; MARKET; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONICS; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84988693373     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5512     Document Type: Review

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