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Practise Patterns and Perceptions of Chest Health Care Providers on Electronic Cigarette Use: An In-Depth Discussion and Report of Survey Results.

Introduction: The emergence of electronic cigarettes (ECs) has become a growing phenomenon that has sharply split opinion among the public health community, physicians, and lawmakers. Aims: We sought to determine chest physician perceptions regarding ECs. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey of...

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Published in:Journal of Smoking Cessation Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 72 - 78
Main Authors: Baldassarri, Stephen R., Chupp, Geoffrey L., Leone, Frank T., Warren, Graham W., Toll, Benjamin A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2018
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        atl: Practise Patterns and Perceptions of Chest Health Care Providers on Electronic Cigarette Use: An In-Depth Discussion and Report of Survey Results.
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          Baldassarri, Stephen R.
          Chupp, Geoffrey L.
          Leone, Frank T.
          Warren, Graham W.
          Toll, Benjamin A.
        affil: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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          Lung Diseases Diagnosis
          Health Personnel
          Medical Practice
          Electronic Cigarettes Evaluation
          Web Browsers
          Public Health
          Human
          Surveys
          Smoking Cessation
          Physicians
          Online Services
          Questionnaires
      ab: Introduction: The emergence of electronic cigarettes (ECs) has become a growing phenomenon that has sharply split opinion among the public health community, physicians, and lawmakers. Aims: We sought to determine chest physician perceptions regarding ECs. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey of 18,000 American College of Chest Physician (CHEST) members to determine health care provider experiences with EC users and to characterise provider perceptions regarding ECs. Results/Findings: There were 994 respondents. Eighty-eight per cent reported that patients had asked their opinion of ECs, and 31% reported EC use among at least 10% of their patients. More disagreed than agreed (41% vs. 21%) that patients could improve their health by switching from tobacco smoking to daily EC use. Respondents were split on whether ECs promote tobacco cessation (32% agree vs. 33% disagree). Conclusions: Current perceptions of ECs are variable among providers. More than 1/3 of respondents felt that EC's could be used for smoking cessation for smokers who failed prior quit attempts with approved therapies. However, many respondents were not convinced that ECs will reduce harms from tobacco use. There is an urgent need to generate additional high quality scientific data regarding ECs to inform chest physicians, health professionals, and the general public.
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