Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of Electronic Cigarettes

Affiliations

¹ Thomas Eissenberg is with the Department of Psychology and the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Aruni Bhatnagar is with the American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Simon Chapman is with the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia. Sven-Eric Jordt is with the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. Alan Shihadeh is with the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. Eric K. Soule is with the Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Editorial

Thomas Eissenberg et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;110(2):161-162.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305424.

¹ Thomas Eissenberg is with the Department of Psychology and the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Aruni Bhatnagar is with the American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Simon Chapman is with the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia. Sven-Eric Jordt is with the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. Alan Shihadeh is with the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. Eric K. Soule is with the Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

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