title: Cannabis vaping and public health--some comments on relevance and implications.
abstract: Cannabis-vaping entails relevant but probably varied effects for public health: it may reduce certain cannabis use-related health risks, but entice cannabis-naive individuals into use due to "cleaner" imagery. Improved evidence is needed to guide informed and differentiated policies for cannabis-vaping, which emphasizes the urgent need for public health-based cannabis regulation.
authors.affiliation: Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry; Institute of Medical Science and Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.|Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Cayley
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, BC, Canada.|Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Tyndall
mesh_terms: D002188:Cannabis; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse; D008385:Marijuana Smoking; D011634:Public Health; D000072137:Vaping
keywords: Canada; cannabis; e-cigarettes; policy; public health; vaping