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- Title
Feasibility of restricting e-cigarettes to prescription only for smoking cessation.
- Authors
Peri, Katya; Eisenberg, Mark J.
- Abstract
E-cigarette use among youth in Canada has risen to epidemic proportions. E-cigarettes are also moderately useful smoking cessations aids. Restricting e-cigarettes to prescription only smoking cessation aids could help limit youth's access to them while keeping them available as therapies for patients who smoke conventional cigarettes. In Canada, drugs or devices must be approved by regulatory bodies such as Health Canada in order to become licensed prescription medications. A similar situation is underway in Australia, where e-cigarettes have been restricted to prescription only. This commentary explores the feasibility of a similar regulation for e-cigarettes in Canada as prescription smoking cessation aids.
- Subjects
CANADA; SMOKING cessation; ELECTRONIC cigarettes; CANADA. Health Canada; NICOTINE replacement therapy; MEDICAL prescriptions; SMOKING; GOVERNMENT agencies
- Publication
Respiratory Research, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1465-9921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12931-024-02792-4