Health care professional and cigarette cessation volunteers knowledge, attitude and practice on e-cigarettes
Background Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) are new phenomenon that has been widely accepted. E- Cigarettes are more popular that has become one of the preferable rout of smoking cessation in patients. Further researches are required for future advice on e-cigarette use.To determine Health Care P...
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| description | Background
Electronic
cigarettes (e-cigarette) are new phenomenon that has been widely accepted. E- Cigarettes
are more popular that has become one of the preferable rout of smoking
cessation in patients. Further researches are required for future advice on
e-cigarette use.To determine Health Care Professional and
Cigarette Cessation Volunteers Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on e-Cigarettes
Methods
In a cross-sectional
description study, 147 medical professional and patients were enrolled in the
study. After enrollment, a questionnaire with 23 questions designed for
assessment of attendees' knowledge, attitude and practice. Seven questions were
designed for knowledge, 7 for attitude and 7 for practice, and 2 for general
assessment of e-cigarette acceptability as a method for quit smoking.
Results
Total
numbers of 147 medical professional and patients with mean age of 41.05±6.28
were enrolled in the study. Attitude of attendees
about comparison of e-cigarette and standard cigarette harm to the health
showed that 52.4% of patients believe that e-cigarette is less harmful compare
to standard cigarette. About 49% of attendees believed that e-cigarettes need
more research as a help to quit smoke and only 27.2% of patients answered yes
to the question. Besides, 57.8 % of attendees answered "yes" to the question on
"does e-cigarette induce addiction?", and 12.9%
answered "No".
Conclusions
Although e-cigarette does
not produce tobacco smoke, they still contain nicotine and other
potentially harmful chemicals and people believe they may induce addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a5850fbcfcc46e895011efd96adf4d02022-12-22T02:39:44ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Induced Diseases1617-96252018-03-0116110.18332/tid/8389483894Health care professional and cigarette cessation volunteers knowledge, attitude and practice on e-cigarettesHooman Sharifi0Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Rep. OfBackground Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) are new phenomenon that has been widely accepted. E- Cigarettes are more popular that has become one of the preferable rout of smoking cessation in patients. Further researches are required for future advice on e-cigarette use.To determine Health Care Professional and Cigarette Cessation Volunteers Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on e-Cigarettes Methods In a cross-sectional description study, 147 medical professional and patients were enrolled in the study. After enrollment, a questionnaire with 23 questions designed for assessment of attendees' knowledge, attitude and practice. Seven questions were designed for knowledge, 7 for attitude and 7 for practice, and 2 for general assessment of e-cigarette acceptability as a method for quit smoking. Results Total numbers of 147 medical professional and patients with mean age of 41.05±6.28 were enrolled in the study. Attitude of attendees about comparison of e-cigarette and standard cigarette harm to the health showed that 52.4% of patients believe that e-cigarette is less harmful compare to standard cigarette. About 49% of attendees believed that e-cigarettes need more research as a help to quit smoke and only 27.2% of patients answered yes to the question. Besides, 57.8 % of attendees answered "yes" to the question on "does e-cigarette induce addiction?", and 12.9% answered "No". Conclusions Although e-cigarette does not produce tobacco smoke, they still contain nicotine and other potentially harmful chemicals and people believe they may induce addiction.http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Health-care-professional-and-cigarette-cessation-volunteers-knowledge-attitude-and,83894,0,2.htmlWCTOH |
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