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EuroNet MRPH Working Group on Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco (Including: Ferrara, Pietro, Shantikumar, Saran, Cabral Veríssimo, Vítor, Ruiz-Montero, Rafael, Masuet-Aumatell, Cristina and Ramon-Torrell, Josep). (2019) Knowledge about E-Cigarettes and tobacco harm reduction among public health residents in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (12). e2071. doi:10.3390/ijerph16122071
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122071
Abstract
Introduction: Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other tobacco-related products are becoming widely popular as alternatives to tobacco, little has been published on the knowledge of healthcare workers about their use. Thus, the aim of this study was to elicit the current knowledge and perceptions about e-cigarettes and tobacco harm reduction (THR) among medical residents in public health (MRPH). Material and Methods: A Europe-wide cross-sectional study was carried out amongst MRPH from the countries associated with the European Network of MRPH from April to October 2018 using an online questionnaire. Results: 256 MRPHs agreed to participate in the survey. Approximately half the participants were women (57.4%), with a median age of 30 years, and were mainly Italian (26.7%), Spanish (16.9%) and Portuguese (16.5%). Smoking prevalence was 12.9%. Overall, risk scores significantly differed for each investigated smoking product when compared with e-cigarettes; with tobacco cigarettes and snus perceived as more risky, and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and non-NRT oral medications seen as less risky (p 0.01 for all). Regarding the effects of nicotine on health, the vast majority of MRPHs associated nicotine with all smoking-related diseases. Knowledge of THR was low throughout the whole sample. Conclusions: European MRPH showed a suboptimal level of knowledge about e-cigarettes and THR. Training programs for public health and preventive medicine trainees should address this gap.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Electronic cigarettes, Nicotine, Nicotine addiction -- Treatment, Public health -- Europe, Smoking cessation , Tobacco use, Health risk communication -- Europe | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 12 June 2019 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 16 | ||||||
| Number: | 12 | ||||||
| Page Range: | e2071 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16122071 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Publisher Statement: | ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** History: accepted 11-06-2019; pub-electronic 12-06-2019. ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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