About the Authors

Tim K. Mackey

tmackey@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America, Joint Masters Program on Health Policy and Law, University of California, San Diego-California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, United States of America

Bryan A. Liang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

John P. Pierce

Affiliation Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America

Laurent Huber

Affiliations Action on Smoking and Health, Washington, DC, United States of America, The Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control, Washington, DC, United States of America

Chris Bostic

Affiliation Action on Smoking and Health, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

LH is the Executive Director and CB is the Deputy Director for Policy of Action on Smoking and Health. LH is also affiliated with the Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control. TKM, BL, and JP report no conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TKM BL JP LH CB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TKM BL JP LH CB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: TKM BL JP LH CB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: TKM BL JP LH CB.