ArticleJournal of smoking cessation2018
Practice 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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- Knowledge and attitudes toward electronic cigarettes among healthcare providers and health professional students: implications for patient counseling - A systematic review.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Healthcare professionals' roles, perceptions, and interventions relating to e-cigarette and vaping practices: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Misconceptions About E-cigarettes Among Healthcare Workers at Primary Health Care Centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2025Article
- Communication Between US Physicians and Patients Regarding Electronic Cigarette Use.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Electronic Cigarettes: Past, Present, and Future: What Clinicians Need to Know.Clinics in chest medicine · 2020Review
- Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Article
- Adult E-Cigarettes Use Associated with a Self-Reported Diagnosis of COPD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation in the Perioperative Period of Cardiothoracic Surgery: Views of Australian Clinicians.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe emergence of electronic cigarettes (ECs) has become a growing phenomenon that has sharply split opinion among the public health community, physicians, and lawmakers.
aimsWe sought to determine chest physician perceptions regarding ECs.
methodsWe conducted a web-based survey of 18,000 American College of Chest Physician (CHEST) members to determine healthcare provider experiences with EC users and to characterize provider perceptions regarding ECs. RESULTS/
findingsThere were 994 respondents. 88% 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).
conclusionsCurrent 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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