How are the English stop smoking services responding to growth in use of electronic cigarettes?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 276-281

  Beard, Emma ^a,b   Brose, Leonie S ^b,c   Brown, Jamie ^a   West, Robert ^a,b   McEwen, Andy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Practitioners; Smoking; Stop Smoking Services

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; SMOKING REGULATION; STOP SMOKING SERVICE; COUNSELING; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ENGLAND; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84892805388     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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