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New book by JF Etter: The Electronic Cigarette, an Alternative to tobacco
The Electronic Cigarette, an Alternative to Tobacco: Jean-François Etter: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
[h=2]Book Description
Publication Date: November 26, 2012[/h]Sales of electronic cigarettes trebled in the USA every year since 2007. Google searches for electronic cigarette now surpass searches for the approved smoking cessation medications, and in the USA, sales of e-cigarettes surpassed sales of smokeless tobacco for the first time in 2012. The market for e-cigarettes reached $500 million in 2012 and is expected to reach $1 billion in 2014 in the USA. E-cigarettes are not just a fashion, they are here to stay. However, there remain many unanswered questions about this growing phenomenon. This short book presents what is currently known about electronic cigarettes and, refill liquids, about their safety and efficacy, about nicotine addiction and smoking cessation and it provides a thoughtful and insightful reflection that should help consumers, health professionals, and decision makers to make wise and balanced decisions about these products.
The author, Jean-François Etter, PhD, is professor of public health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Over the past 18 years, he conducted many research projects in the field of smoking prevention, searched for new ways to help smokers quit, and tried to better understand the phenomenon of tobacco dependence. These research projects were conducted in collaboration with the best teams of researchers in this field, in the USA, the UK, France, Switzerland and other countries. Professor Etter published over 120 original research reports, most of them on tobacco dependence and smoking cessation, in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals. He pioneered research on electronic cigarettes and published some of the very first studies conducted in vapers.
The Electronic Cigarette, an Alternative to Tobacco: Jean-François Etter: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
[h=2]Book Description
Publication Date: November 26, 2012[/h]Sales of electronic cigarettes trebled in the USA every year since 2007. Google searches for electronic cigarette now surpass searches for the approved smoking cessation medications, and in the USA, sales of e-cigarettes surpassed sales of smokeless tobacco for the first time in 2012. The market for e-cigarettes reached $500 million in 2012 and is expected to reach $1 billion in 2014 in the USA. E-cigarettes are not just a fashion, they are here to stay. However, there remain many unanswered questions about this growing phenomenon. This short book presents what is currently known about electronic cigarettes and, refill liquids, about their safety and efficacy, about nicotine addiction and smoking cessation and it provides a thoughtful and insightful reflection that should help consumers, health professionals, and decision makers to make wise and balanced decisions about these products.
The author, Jean-François Etter, PhD, is professor of public health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Over the past 18 years, he conducted many research projects in the field of smoking prevention, searched for new ways to help smokers quit, and tried to better understand the phenomenon of tobacco dependence. These research projects were conducted in collaboration with the best teams of researchers in this field, in the USA, the UK, France, Switzerland and other countries. Professor Etter published over 120 original research reports, most of them on tobacco dependence and smoking cessation, in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals. He pioneered research on electronic cigarettes and published some of the very first studies conducted in vapers.