Current Impactful Studies
These studies will have been recently published in the last few months, and rightly or wrongly receiving media attention. Negative media attention is by its very nature, vastly more common, as 'bad news travels or sells'. Some may be described as junk studies, but we must demonstrate why that is the the case in a Scientific logical manner,not just simply dismiss. Please consult E-Cigarette Research Forum that may well have examined and assessed a study you may have an interest
==2019 E-cigarettes and Primary Care. A cross-sectional survey of nurses and GPs across the UK==
- Key findings
- E-cigarettes are frequently brought up in conversations between clinicians and patients who smoke
- 3 in 10 clinicians say that the topic of ecigarettes is raised in the majority of conversations about smoking.
- Beliefs: Clinicians are often unsure in their beliefs around e-cigarettes
- Over 1 in 3 clinicians are unsure if ecigarettes are safe enough to recommendas a quit tool to patients who smoke.
- 1 in 3 are unsure whether e-cigarettes areaddictive.
- Advice: Many clinicians are reluctant tosuggest e-cigarettes as a tool to quit smoking
- When asked what advice they would give patients on e-cigarettes, 3 in 5 clinicianssaid “we do not know enough about themso I don’t endorse them”.
- 2 in 5 said they would feel uncomfortable recommending e-cigarettes to theirpatients who smoke.
- 1 in 6 clinicians said they would neverrecommend using e-cigarettes topatients who smoke.
- There was no clear agreement as to whether clinicians would primarily recommend e-cigarettes as a first line or last resort therapy.
HEALTH OUTCOMES IN COPD SMOKERS USING HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS: A 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP < via Ricardo Polosa et al
- This study is the first to describe the long-term health effects of HTP use in COPD patients. Consistent improvements in respiratory symptoms, exercise tolerance, quality of life, and rate of disease exacerbations were observed in patients with COPD who abstained from smoking or substantially reduced their cigarette consumption by switching to HTP use.