Nicotine Reduction Strategy: State of the science and challenges to tobacco control policy and FDA tobacco product regulation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue , 2018, Pages 5-7

  Benowitz, Neal L ^a   Henningfield, Jack E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PINNEY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alternative nicotine delivery systems; Cigarette end game; FDA; Nicotine reduction; Regulation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85049315709     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.06.012     Document Type: Article

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