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Jake Warn, Winslow, ME.
Mary Lou Warn, Winslow, ME.
Tobacco Control: “Nicotine delivery and cigarette equivalents from vaping a JUULpod.”
Maine Department of Health and Human Services: “Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.”
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Insider: “The creator of the nicotine patch says that ‘anti-vaping forces’ are trying to kill the life-saving e-cig industry.”
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European Respiratory Journal: “E-cigarette use and respiratory disorders: an integrative review of converging evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies.”
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Nigar Nargis, PhD, senior scientific director of tobacco control research, American Cancer Society.
Hilary Schneider, director of government relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Maine.
Rachel Boykan, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics, attending doctor, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY.