Examining the effectiveness of general practitioner and nurse promotion of electronic cigarettes versus standard care for smoking reduction and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Despite the clear harm associated with smoking tobacco, many people with smoking-related chronic diseases or serious mental illnesses (SMI) are unwilling or unable to stop smoking. In many cases, these smokers have tried and exhausted all methods to stop smoking and yet clinician...

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Main Authors: Rachna Begh, Tim Coleman, Lucy Yardley, Rebecca Barnes, Felix Naughton, Hazel Gilbert, Anne Ferrey, Claire Madigan, Nicola Williams, Louisa Hamilton, Yolanda Warren, Jenna Grabey, Miranda Clark, Anne Dickinson, Paul Aveyard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3850-1