Title: WHO review exaggerated dangers of e-cigarettes, say specialists
Abstract:British specialists in smoking cessation have accused the World Health Organization of exaggerating the dangers of electronic cigarettes in guidance that they say misinterpreted the evidence and is li...British specialists in smoking cessation have accused the World Health Organization of exaggerating the dangers of electronic cigarettes in guidance that they say misinterpreted the evidence and is likely to cost many lives.
A recent WHO report called for greater regulation of e-cigarettes.1 But the report was largely based on a review commissioned by WHO2 that misunderstood and misrepresented the evidence, said Ann McNeill, of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies at King’s College London, and colleagues in a critique published in Addiction .3 Separately, Robert West of University College London and editor in chief of Addiction , has co-written an editorial in the British Journal of General Practice dismissing the concerns raised by WHO and others, including the BMA, and calling for a more objective view to …Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-09-05
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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