Views from the Coalface
What Do English Stop Smoking Service Personnel Think about E-Cigarettes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15475901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosemary Hiscock (0000-0001-9741-9083, UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies, corresponding author), Linda Bauld (0000-0001-7411-4260, University of Stirling), Deborah Arnott (0000-0001-7116-0974, Action on Smoking and Health), Martin Dockrell (Public Health England), Louise Ross (0000-0002-8402-3482, Leicester City Council), Andy Mcewen (0000-0002-5128-6577, UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 16157-16167 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph121215048 |
| PMID | 26703638 |
| OpenAlex | W2199296777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The UK Stop Smoking Services (SSS) are a source of information and advice on e-cigarettes for smokers and thus it is important to understand the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, e-cigarettes held by stop smoking practitioners. The datasets were English SSS quarterly monitoring returns (n = 207,883) and an online survey of English SSS practitioners, managers, and commissioners between 26th November and 15th December 2014 (n = 1801). SSS monitoring data suggested 2% of clients were using e-cigarettes to quit with SSS and that clients using e-cigarettes had similar quit rates to clients using Varenicline. Most SSS personnel are waiting for licenced e-cigarettes to become available before they will recommend them to clients. However, less than a quarter view e-cigarettes as "a good thing". Managers and commissioners were more positive than practitioners. SSS personnel working for the NHS (hospitals and GP surgeries) were less positive about e-cigarettes than those employed elsewhere. E-cigarettes were cited as the most important reason for the recent decline in service footfall. Thus dissemination of information about e-cigarettes needs to be examined and services should address their stance on e-cigarettes with some urgency
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| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |