The Psychobiological Problems of Continued Nicotine Dependency in E-Cigarette ‘Vapers’. Commentary: “Electronic Cigarettes”
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The Psychobiological Problems of Continued Nicotine Dependency in E-Cigarette ‘Vapers’. Commentary: “Electronic Cigarettes”
Electronic cigarettes were originally introduced as devices to facilitate smoking cessation, but their efficacy in this regard has not been established. Instead, they are often used to facilitate continued cigarette smoking in adults, and are common entry devices for nicotine dependency in children and adolescents (1). The aim of this commentary is to emphasize these problems since far from imp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00123