Electronic cigarettes in physician practice: a complex debate

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 438-445

  Stone, Emily ^a   Marshall, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

e cigarette; ENDS; smoking cessation; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICIAN; HARM REDUCTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNCERTAINTY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION; THERAPY;

ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION;

EID: 85064000928     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.14256     Document Type: Article

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