Views from the coalface: What do english stop smoking service personnel think about E-cigarettes?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 16157-16167

  Hiscock, Rosemary ^a,b   Bauld, Linda ^b,c   Arnott, Deborah ^d   Dockrell, Martin ^e   Ross, Louise ^f   McEwen, Andy ^b,g  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^g NHS Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation; E cigarettes; Harm reduction; Stop smoking services

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNET; MONITORING; SMOKING; SURVEY METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84951310228     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215048     Document Type: Article

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