Electronic cigarette policy recommendations: A scoping review

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 8-104

  Brady, Benjamin R ^a   De La Rosa, Jennifer S ^b   Nair, Uma S ^a   Leischow, Scott J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E cigarette; Electronic cigarette; Scoping review; Smoking policy; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; VAPING;

ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; VAPING;

EID: 85058608637     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.43.1.8     Document Type: Article

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