title: The electronic cigarette: a knight in shining armour or a Trojan horse?
abstract: Electronic cigarettes have caused a sharp debate in the public health community, with some promoting them as a means of harm reduction for tobacco users and some taking a strong stand against them because of fear of renormalising smoking behaviour and interrupting tobacco control progress. People with mental health problems smoke at high rates and e-cigarettes seem a potentially attractive method of cessation in this population, and their use should be studied carefully.
authors.affiliation: World Lung Foundation, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, New York.
authors.forename: Neil W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Schluger