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Views from the Coalface: What Do English Stop Smoking Service Personnel Think about E-Cigarettes?

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  • Rosemary Hiscock

    (Department of Health, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
    UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK)

  • Linda Bauld

    (UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK)

  • Deborah Arnott

    (Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Suites 59–63, 6th Floor, New House, 67–68 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8JY, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Martin Dockrell

    (Public Health England, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Louise Ross

    (Stop Smoking Service Leicester City Council, Leicester LE1 6TH, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Andy McEwen

    (UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
    National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), 1-6 Yarmouth Place, LondonW1J 7BU, UK)

Abstract

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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  • Rosemary Hiscock & Linda Bauld & Deborah Arnott & Martin Dockrell & Louise Ross & Andy McEwen, 2015. "Views from the Coalface: What Do English Stop Smoking Service Personnel Think about E-Cigarettes?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-11, December.
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    2. Sue Cooper & Sophie Orton & Katarzyna A. Campbell & Michael Ussher & Naomi Coleman-Haynes & Rachel Whitemore & Anne Dickinson & Andy McEwen & Sarah Lewis & Felix Naughton & Katharine Bowker & Lesley S, 2019. "Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-17, January.

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