E-cigarettes: online survey of UK smoking cessation practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Use of e-cigarettes (inhalable vapour producing battery powered devices that aim to simulate tobacco cigarettes), is rising in a number of countries, but as yet none of these products are regulated as medicinal devices or available as smoking cessation treatments. Smokers seeking support from health professionals to stop smoking are interested in e-cigarettes and may be buying them to aid a quit attempt. Determining what smokers are asking, and what health professionals think about these products may have implications for smoking treatment services in a number of countries.

Methods

Stop smoking service advisors, managers and commissioners in the United Kingdom were asked to take part in two surveys on e-cigarettes. Data was analysed from 587 practitioners who comp

SUBMITTER: Hiscock R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4147097 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature