Regulating e-cigarettes in Australia: implications for tobacco use by young people

Mendelsohn, Colin P

doi:10.5694/mja17.01232

Topics

Environment and public health

Health services administration

Substance‐related disorders

To the Editor:

University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Correspondence: c.mendelsohn@unsw.edu.au

Competing interests:

I have received payments for teaching, consulting and conference expenses from Pfizer Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson Pacific, and Perrigo Australia.

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