Journal
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13711-x
Keywords
Smoking cessation; Electronic cigarettes; E-cigarettes; Pharmacy; Mixed-methods; Longitudinal; Community intervention
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- Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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The combination of e-cigarette distribution and pharmacy support appears to be an agreeable and effective intervention for smoking cessation, but further data are needed on long-term quit rates and health effects.
Background Cigarette smoking cessation has been described as the world's most important public health intervention. Electronic cigarettes are a relatively new tool for assisting smoking cessation but there is a lack of data on their efficacy. This article reports on a pharmacy supported e-cigarette smoking cessation intervention undertaken in a metropolitan area in the north of England. Methods Longitudinal mixed-methods evaluation incorporating analysis of secondary data, interviews with service users, and interviews with service providers at 3-month and 12-month follow-up, with an additional text message survey of service users at 12-month follow-up. Results The four-week follow-up data suggest that for every twenty people given an e-cigarette, six quit smoking tobacco and three people cut their cigarette intake by more than five cigarettes per day. Long-term follow-up results were positive but only a small number of participants were still engaged with the study at 12 months. Service users and providers spoke positively about the combination of e-cigarettes and pharmacy support. Conclusions E-cigarette distribution combined with pharmacy support appears to be an agreeable and effective intervention for smoking cessation, but further data are needed on long-term quit rates and health effects.
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