Regulation of electronic cigarettes: A familiar clash between commercial politics and public health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ashton, John R ^a  

^a UK Faculty of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

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ADVERTISING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONSUMER; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84988847830     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5484     Document Type: Editorial

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