CommentaryElectronic cigarettes: The road ahead
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Role of the funding source
The sponsor of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the report, or in the decision to submit for publication. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study, and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.
Conflict of interest statement
All the authors declare no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
Work of the authors is supported by grants from the American Cancer Society (RSG-11-083-01-CNE) and the University of California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (20XT-0116) to A.B.
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