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A critique of a World Health Organization‐commissioned report and associated paper on electronic cigarettes
Author(s) -
McNeill Ann,
Etter JeanFrancois,
Farsalinos Konstantinos,
Hajek Peter,
Houezec Jacques,
McRobbie Hayden
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/add.12730
Subject(s) - electronic cigarette , environmental health , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , pathology
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently commissioned a report reviewing evidence on electronic cigarettes and making policy recommendations. A version of it was subsequently published as an academic paper. We identify important errors in the description and interpretation of the studies reviewed, and find many of its key conclusions misleading.