Electronic Cigarettes: A Perspective for the Primary Care Physician.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Simoncini, Gina M.; Khan, Ella Kamal; den Berg-Wolf, Mary van
- Source
- Southern Medical Journal. Oct2014, Vol. 107 Issue 10, p630-632. 3p.
- Subject
- *ELECTRONIC cigarettes
*SMOKING cessation
*ADOLESCENT smoking
*THERAPEUTICS
REHABILITATION of cigarette smokers
- Language
- ISSN
- 0038-4348
The article discusses the role of the primary care physician in the treatment of patients using electronic cigarettes. Topics discussed include the use of e-cigarettes as a tool in smoking cessation, particularly the results of two trials on its effectiveness in smoking cessation, the incidence of people using e-cigarettes who also continue to smoke real cigarettes and the risks presented by e-cigarettes to adolescent users.