Unintended consequences of a cautious approach to e‐cigarette laws

• 1 Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
• 2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
• 3 Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
• 4 Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.

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