Virginia Berridge is Professor of History and Health Policy at the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Ronald Bayer is Professor and Co-Chair at the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.

Amy L. Fairchild is Dean of the College of Public Health and Professor of Health Services Management and Policy, Ohio State University, USA.

Wayne Hall is an Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Offers the first in-depth study of the history underlying the current debate over electronic cigarettes

Explores how the US, UK and Australia frame the long-term use of nicotine differently

Offers new insights into the relationship between history, evidence and policy in public health

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

1. Introduction - Before e-cigarettes: The Pre-history of Public Health, Tobacco and Nicotine in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States; Virginia Berridge, Amy Fairchild, Kylie Morphett, Coral Gartner, Wayne Hall and Ronald Bayer.- 2. Outlier or Pioneer? The development of policy on E-cigarettes in England; Virginia Berridge.- 3. The development of e-cigarette policy in Australia: the policy, how it came about and how it is justified; Kylie Morphett, Wayne Hall and Coral Gartner.- 4. E-Cigarettes and the Burdens of History: Children, Bystanders, and the American War on Nicotine; Ronald Bayer and Amy Lauren Fairchild.-5. Conclusion: Why did the UK, US, and Australia have different e-cigarette policies?; Virginia Berridge, Amy Fairchild, Kylie Morphett, Coral Gartner, Wayne Hall and Ronald Bayer.