UMMS Affiliation
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; Department of Surgery
Publication Date
2020-01-01
Document Type
Editorial
Disciplines
Health Policy | Public Health | Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance | Substance Abuse and Addiction
Abstract
An editorial by UMass Medical School public health experts calls for legislators and policymakers to take bold action on gun control, similar to the recent ban in Massachusetts on vaping products in response to lung illnesses in vaping device and e-cigarette users.
Keywords
public health, gun control, vaping, bans, epidemics
Rights and Permissions
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DOI of Published Version
10.1097/MLR.0000000000001251
Source
Goldberg RJ, Lapane K, Lemon S, Hirsh MP. The Smoking Gun: Can We Do for Gun Control What We Are Doing to Control the Vaping and E-Cigarettes Epidemic? Med Care. 2020 Jan;58(1):1-3. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001251. PubMed PMID: 31764480. Link to article on publisher's website
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Medical care
Related Resources
PubMed ID
31764480
Repository Citation
Goldberg RJ, Lapane KL, Lemon SC, Hirsh MP. (2020). The Smoking Gun: Can We Do for Gun Control What We Are Doing to Control the Vaping and E-Cigarettes Epidemic?. Open Access Articles. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001251. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4077
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