Understanding decisions to use e‐cigarettes or behavioural support to quit tobacco: a qualitative study of current and ex‐smokers and stop smoking service staff

G Hartwell, M Egan, M Petticrew - Addiction, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine factors influencing current and ex‐smokers' decisions to use e‐cigarettes or
behavioural support, including potential impacts of any differences in perspectives between …

Stop Smoking Practitioners' understanding of e-cigarettes' use and efficacy with particular reference to vapers' socioeconomic status

R Hiscock, D Arnott, M Dockrell, L Ross… - Journal of Smoking …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Introduction: We have undertaken four online surveys of Stop Smoking Service (SSS)
practitioners in England, between 2011 and 2016, in order to enhance our understanding of …

Electronic cigarette use and risk perception in a Stop Smoking Service in England

FC Sherratt, MW Marcus, J Robinson… - Addiction Research & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use rose substantially within the UK in recent
years but currently, Stop Smoking Services in England do not prescribe them due to a lack of …

Use of e-Cigarettes and Attendance at Stop Smoking Services: A Population Survey in England

G Hartwell, M Egan, J Brown, T Pliakas, M Petticrew - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Little is known about whether e-cigarette use influences tobacco smokers' decisions around
other smoking cessation options, including the most effective one available: stop smoking …

Views from the coalface: What do English stop smoking service personnel think about e-cigarettes?

R Hiscock, L Bauld, D Arnott, M Dockrell… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The UK Stop Smoking Services (SSS) are a source of information and advice on e-cigarettes
for smokers and thus it is important to understand the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, e …

How and why do smokers start using e-cigarettes? Qualitative study of vapers in London, UK

E Wadsworth, J Neale, A McNeill… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The aims of the study were to (1) describe how and why smokers start to vape and what
products they use;(2) relate findings to the COM-B theory of behaviour change (three …

Medicalisation of vaping in the UK? E-cigarette users' perspectives on the merging of commercial and medical routes to vaping

E Ward, L Dawkins, R Holland… - Perspectives in Public …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In the UK, most smokers choosing e-cigarettes to quit smoking will access
vaping via commercial routes. In recent years, however, a shift towards medicalisation of …

I'm not strong enough; I'm not good enough. I can't do this, I'm failing”: a qualitative study of low-socioeconomic status smokers' experiences with accessing cessation …

VC Boland, RP Mattick, H McRobbie… - International journal for …, 2017 - Springer
Background The social gradient in smoking rates persist with an overrepresentation of
smoking and its associated harms concentrated within lower socioeconomic status (SES) …

User pathways of e‐cigarette use to support long term tobacco smoking relapse prevention: a qualitative analysis

C Notley, E Ward, L Dawkins, R Holland - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims E‐cigarettes are the most popular consumer choice for support with
smoking cessation in the United Kingdom. However, there are concerns that long‐term e …

Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards e-cigarettes among e-cigarette users and stop smoking advisors in South East England: a qualitative study

N Tamimi - Primary health care research & development, 2018 - cambridge.org
AimTo explore how e-cigarettes are perceived by a group of e-cigarette users and a group of
Stop Smoking Advisors (SSAs), what are the risks and benefits they associate with e …