Commentary: It Ain't Necessarily So

Müller, L; Röper, W

doi:10.2478/cttr-2013-0695

Abstract

The following is a line-up of the allegations made by C. BATES, M. JARVIS and G. CONNOLLY in “Tobacco Additives - Cigarette Engineering and Nicotine Addiction” (1). These allegations are not in agreement with the facts reported in the scientific literature (2-18).

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