School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Jul 12;22(1):1326. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13711-x.
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.
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.
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.
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.
戒烟已被描述为世界上最重要的公共卫生干预措施。电子烟是一种帮助戒烟的相对较新工具，但关于其疗效的数据却很少。本文报告了在英格兰北部一个大都市区进行的一项由药店支持的电子烟戒烟干预措施。
采用纵向混合方法评估，包括对辅助数据进行分析、在 3 个月和 12 个月随访时对服务使用者进行访谈、对服务提供者进行访谈，并在 12 个月随访时对服务使用者进行额外的短信调查。
四周的随访数据表明，每 20 人接受电子烟，就有 6 人成功戒烟，3 人每天减少吸烟量超过 5 支。长期随访结果是积极的，但只有少数参与者在 12 个月时仍参与研究。服务使用者和提供者对电子烟和药店支持的结合表示肯定。
电子烟的发放与药店的支持相结合，对于戒烟来说似乎是一种令人满意且有效的干预措施，但需要更多的数据来了解长期戒烟率和健康影响。
