Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation CADTH. Electronic cigarettes: a review of the clinical evidence and safety. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). 2012 Authors' conclusions Low-quality evidence showed that e-cigarette use can reduce the desire to smoke. Awareness of the product has increased among smokers, who use e-cigarettes for smoking reduction. Side effects of e-cigarette use in the included studies were minor, with the exception of one case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia associated with e-cigarette use. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Electronics; Safety; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use Cessation Productss Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 600, K1S 5S8 Ottawa, Ontario Canada Email: htainfo@cadth.ca AccessionNumber 32012000704 Date abstract record published 02/10/2012 |
