Physicians’ Attitudes and Use of E-Cigarettes as Cessation Devices, North Carolina, 2013

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 7; p. e103462
• Main Authors: Kandra, Kelly L., Ranney, Leah M., Lee, Joseph G. L., Goldstein, Adam O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 29.07.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Biology and Life Sciences; Cigarette smoking; Cigarettes; Clinical medicine; Counseling; Drug addiction; Drug approval; Drug dosages; Electronic cigarettes; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; Federal regulation; Female; Gynecology; Health Surveys; Human subjects; Humans; Internal medicine; Male; Marketing industry; Medical personnel; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nicotine; North Carolina; Participation; Patients; Physicians; Psychiatrists; Public health; Regression analysis; Regulation; Regulatory agencies; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking cessation products; Social Sciences; Studies; Surgeons; Surveys and Questionnaires; Systematic review; Tobacco; Variables; North Carolina; United States > US

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are not currently approved or recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or various medical organizations; yet, they appear to play a substantial role in tobacco users' cessation attempts. This study reports on a physician survey that measured bel...