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. 2018 May 5;28(5):274-275.
doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20180040. Epub 2018 Apr 14.

Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Products Are Getting Hot in Italy

Xiaoqiu Liu  1 , Alessandra Lugo  1 , Lorenzo Spizzichino  2 , Takahiro Tabuchi  3 , Giuseppe Gorini  4 , Silvano Gallus  1
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Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Products Are Getting Hot in Italy

Xiaoqiu Liu et al. J Epidemiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: IQOS; Italy; heat-not-burn tobacco products; legal sales trends.

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Figure 1.. Quarter sales of IQOS tobacco (tonnes), Italy, 2015–2017
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  • J Epidemiol. 2018;28(1):1–2

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