Bostan Pınar, Görek Dilektaşlı Aslı
Department of Nursing, İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
Turk Thorac J. 2022 Nov;23(6):369-375. doi: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.22072.
Health hazards of e-cigarettes including "e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury" are better understood today. Just as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products release toxic emissions. We aimed to determine the knowledge and attitude about new generation tobacco products among physicians who were the members of an organization for health care professionals, the majority of whom are pulmonologists.
In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered online questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the physicians from April to October 2019. The survey included questions about demographics (gender, age, graduation date from medical institution, and academic title), their smoking status, their knowledge and attitudes toward new generation tobacco products, and additionally about whether new generation tobacco products can be used to aid in smoking cessation.
Among the 506 members who responded to the survey, 56.7 % were female; the mean age was 42.4 ± 10.9 years (20-74). About 74.5% were pulmonologists, 5.5% were thoracic surgeons, and 20% were other physicians. Among the responders, the frequency of those who have not heard of new generation tobacco products before was determined as 9.5%, 24.5%, and 41.3%. At least 58.9% of participants lacked the knowledge necessary to discuss these products with their patients and the rate reached 76.7% for the heated tobacco product. To the question of whether new generation tobacco products can be used in smoking cessation, 68.4% responded "I never agree that they can be used." Non-current smokers (P = .003), elders (P = .001), those who had training on smoking cessation assistance (P = .001), and those who had experience in smoking cessation assistance (P = .009) were significantly more prevalent in the group who answered: "I never agree that they can be used."
Physicians must become considerably more knowledgeable about the new generation tobacco products and hazards. Otherwise, these new tobacco products may pose new threats to national and global tobacco control efforts.
如今，人们对电子烟的健康危害有了更深入的了解，其中包括“电子烟或雾化产品使用相关肺损伤”。与电子烟一样，加热烟草制品也会释放有毒物质。我们旨在确定一个医疗保健专业人员组织的成员（其中大多数是肺科医生）对新一代烟草制品的了解程度和态度。
在这项横断面研究中，于2019年4月至10月对医生进行了一项基于在线问卷的自我管理调查。该调查包括有关人口统计学（性别、年龄、从医疗机构毕业日期和学术职称）、吸烟状况、对新一代烟草制品的了解和态度的问题，此外还包括新一代烟草制品是否可用于辅助戒烟的问题。
在回复调查的506名成员中，56.7%为女性；平均年龄为42.4±10.9岁（20 - 74岁）。约74.5%为肺科医生，5.5%为胸外科医生，20%为其他医生。在受访者中，之前从未听说过新一代烟草制品的比例分别为9.5%、24.5%和41.3%。至少58.9%的参与者缺乏与患者讨论这些产品所需的知识，对于加热烟草制品，这一比例达到76.7%。对于新一代烟草制品是否可用于戒烟的问题，68.4%的人回答“我从不认为它们可用于戒烟”。在回答“我从不认为它们可用于戒烟”的人群中，非当前吸烟者（P = 0.003）、年长者（P = 0.001）、接受过戒烟辅助培训的人（P = 0.001）以及有戒烟辅助经验的人（P = 0.009）明显更为普遍。
医生必须大幅增加对新一代烟草制品及其危害的了解。否则，这些新型烟草制品可能会给国家和全球的烟草控制工作带来新的威胁。
