Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: A systematic review

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1926-1936

  Malas, Muhannad ^a   van der Tempel, Jan ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^a   Minichiello, Alexa ^a   Lightfoot, Clayton ^a   Noormohamed, Aliya ^b   Andrews, Jaklyn ^a   Zawertailo, Laurie ^b   Ferrence, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG CRAVING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84995553602     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw119     Document Type: Review

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