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01.10.2014 | Commentary

Electronic cigarettes: it is urgent to promote them to save lives

verfasst von: Antoine Flahault, Jean-François Etter

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 5/2014

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Electronic cigarettes (ecigs) were invented in 2004 in China and emerged in 2006 in the USA and Europe. Ecigs were initially manufactured mostly in China, but they are now also produced in other Asian countries, the USA and Europe. Tobacco companies entered this competitive market only recently, initially by purchasing existing brands (e.g., Blu, Green Smoke, Nicolite, E-Lite). In terms of public health, the production, use, and promotion of ecigs are the subject of heated controversies. …

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Titel: Electronic cigarettes: it is urgent to promote them to save lives
verfasst von: Antoine Flahault
Jean-François Etter
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2014
Verlag: Springer Basel
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0597-z

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