Electronic cigarettes: can dependable public health policies be developed and applied without relevant and reliable risk assessments?

Altern Lab Anim. 2018 Nov;46(5):245-248. doi: 10.1177/026119291804600504.

Abstract

The use of electronic cigarettes is being encouraged as a way of escaping from the harm resulting from conventional tobacco smoking, while scant attention is being paid to the long-term risks of inhaling electronic cigarette vapour. More information is needed for an acceptable risk assessment, from integrated non-animal testing and sound clinical investigations.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems*
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • Public Health Administration*
  • Risk Assessment
  • United Kingdom