The Association Between E-cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Is What One Would Expect Based on the Biological and Clinical Evidence

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Comment

Talal Alzahrani et al. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;56(4):627.

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.006.

¹ Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

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Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction.
Alzahrani T, Pena I, Temesgen N, Glantz SA. Alzahrani T, et al. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Oct;55(4):455-461. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.05.004. Epub 2018 Aug 22. Am J Prev Med. 2018. PMID: 30166079 Free PMC article.
E-cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction: Association Versus Causal Inference.
Farsalinos K, Niaura R. Farsalinos K, et al. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Apr;56(4):626-627. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.11.013. Am J Prev Med. 2019. PMID: 30898223 No abstract available.

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