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The rise of e-cigarettes: implications for health promotion

Jonine Jancey A C , Colin Binns A , James A. Smith A B , Bruce Maycock A and Peter Howat A
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A Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

B Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: j.jancey@curtin.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 26(2) 79-82 https://doi.org/10.1071/HEv26n2_ED
Published: 4 August 2015


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