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Cigarette Smoking (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Author: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

References:

American Cancer Society. "Cigarette Smoking."

American Lung Association. "Tobacco Industry Marketing."

Centers for Disease Control. "Tobacco Use."

Gundel, L., et al., Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards. PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912820107, 2010

Previous contributing authors and editors: Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.


Last Editorial Review: 2/19/2010




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