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===2017: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235068/ Lung cancer specialist physicians' attitudes towards e-cigarettes: A nationwide survey]=== | ===2017: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235068/ Lung cancer specialist physicians' attitudes towards e-cigarettes: A nationwide survey]=== | ||
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*Most respondents believed that e-cigarettes are not safer than conventional tobacco cigarettes (75.7%) or smokeless tobacco (83.2%), and feared that discussing e-cigarettes with the patients would encourage use (65.4%). They did not consider it a smoking cessation treatment (78.3%), and thus would not recommend it to smokers who do not want to quit (82.2%) or who failed to quit with conventional smoking cessation treatment (74.1%). | *Most respondents believed that e-cigarettes are not safer than conventional tobacco cigarettes (75.7%) or smokeless tobacco (83.2%), and feared that discussing e-cigarettes with the patients would encourage use (65.4%). They did not consider it a smoking cessation treatment (78.3%), and thus would not recommend it to smokers who do not want to quit (82.2%) or who failed to quit with conventional smoking cessation treatment (74.1%). | ||
*Most learned about e-cigarettes from media and advertisements, or conversation with patients rather than through professional scientific resources, and reported discomfort when discussing e-cigarette with patients. | *Most learned about e-cigarettes from media and advertisements, or conversation with patients rather than through professional scientific resources, and reported discomfort when discussing e-cigarette with patients. | ||
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===2023: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347961/ Prevalence of use, perceptions of harm and addictiveness, and dependence of electronic cigarettes among adults in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study]=== | |||
*Relative to cigarette smoking, 40.6% of participants reported that e-cigarettes are less harmful. 50.1% reported that e-cigarettes are associated with ‘much harm’. | |||
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