A critique of a WHO-commissioned report and associated article on electronic cigarettes

Ann McNeill; Jean-Francois Etter; Konstantinos Farsalinos; Peter Hajek; Jacques le Houezec; Hayden McRobbie

doi:10.1111/add.12730

A critique of a WHO-commissioned report and associated article on electronic cigarettes

Ann McNeill^*
, Jean-Francois Etter
, Konstantinos Farsalinos
, Peter Hajek
, Jacques le Houezec
, Hayden McRobbie

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently commissioned a report reviewing evidence on electronic cigarettes and making policy recommendations. A version of it was subsequently published as an academic paper. We identify important errors in the description and interpretation of the studies reviewed, and find many of its key conclusions misleading.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2128-2134
Number of pages	7
Journal	Addiction
Volume	109
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12730
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

Keywords

LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY
SMOKING REDUCTION
VAPOR EXTRACT
UNITED-STATES
TOBACCO USE
CESSATION
IMPACT
SMOKERS

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