Australian general practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and prescribing intentions for e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid: a nationwide baseline and 12-month follow up survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Australian Government introduced a major policy change tightening regulations regarding the access to nicotine containing e-cigarettes in October 2021. We assessed general practitioners' (GPs) knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and intentions to prescribe nicotine containing e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. We compared baseline data near the time of policy change with data collected from these GPs 12-months later.

Methods

GPs were invited to complete a repeated cross-sectional survey based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour between December 2021 and March 2022 (T1) and again, between January and April 2023 (T2). Survey questions assessed knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and intention to prescribe e-cigarettes for smoking cessation.

Results

A total of 264 GPs

SUBMITTER: Selamoglu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11916968 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature