Australian general practitioner’s knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing intentions for e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid: a nationwide baseline and 12-month follow up survey

Melis Selamoglu’s doctoral research offers a deep dive into how general practitioners view the role of e-cigarettes in helping patients quit smoking. Her work sheds light on GPs’ knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing intentions — insights that could shape both national and international policy on smoking cessation strategies.

📄 Read the paper: Australian general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and prescribing intentions for e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid: a nationwide baseline and 12-month follow up survey.

Melis’s research was supported by the MonREN network, with valuable contributions from several of our members.

• Read Melis' previous qualitative study: Perceptions of family physicians in Istanbul about e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids: a qualitative study. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2024.