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Comment
. 2021 May;116(5):995-997.
doi: 10.1111/add.15205. Epub 2020 Aug 19.

A ban targeting only open-system e-cigarettes is unlikely to prevent a future EVALI-like outbreak among e-cigarette users

Gideon St Helen  1
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Comment

A ban targeting only open-system e-cigarettes is unlikely to prevent a future EVALI-like outbreak among e-cigarette users

Gideon St Helen. Addiction. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Closed systems; EVALI; e-cigarette bans; e-cigarette regulation; e-cigarette safety; open systems.

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