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Physician Advice for e-Cigarette Use.

J Am Board Fam Med

November 2016

From the Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC (CK-C); the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia (JFT, AO); the University of South Carolina College of Nursing (JOA); and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine (SMS).

Purpose: To determine characteristics of smokers discussing e-cigarette use with their physician and receiving recommendations from their physician to use e-cigarettes for smoking cessation.

Methods: US adult smokers who had visited a physician in the previous 12 months (n = 2671) were surveyed. Logistic generalized estimating equation models were used to assess the characteristics of smokers who (1) talked to a physician about e-cigarettes, and (2) received physician advice to use e-cigarettes for smoking cessation.

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