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===2020: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7678366/ Electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid for patients with cancer: beliefs and behaviours of clinicians in the UK]=== | |||
*Clinicians had sought information about e-cigarettes from...news/media/advertising (24%)...and charities (18%). Nineteen per cent of clinicians had never sought information about e-cigarettes. | |||
*One-quarter of respondents (25%, n=124) were uncertain whether e-cigarettes were less harmful than smoking tobacco, while 10% (n=52) thought e-cigarettes were equally harmful or more harmful than smoking tobacco. Eighteen per cent (n=93) considered using e-cigarettes to be more harmful than regular nicotine replacement therapies (eg, gum, nasal spray, patches) and 54% (n=273) were uncertain. | |||