{"id":1026,"date":"2022-02-17T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccwva.wpengine.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2022-04-09T03:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T07:20:15","slug":"us-national-survey-reveals-doctors-wrongly-associate-nicotine-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/us-national-survey-reveals-doctors-wrongly-associate-nicotine-with-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"US National Survey Reveals Doctors Wrongly Associate Nicotine with Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies said it is imperative that physicians understand\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2021\/12\/14\/study-examines-the-genetic-factors-associated-with-nicotine-dependence\/\">nicotine risks<\/a>\u00a0accurately so that they are in a better position to assist smokers on their quitting journeys.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the study titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11606-020-06172-8\">Nicotine Risk Misperception Among US Physicians<\/a>,\u201d surveyed over 1,000 doctors from six specialties about their knowledge of nicotine\/tobacco use. The research team found that a shocking 80% of those surveyed wrongly believe that nicotine is carcinogenic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cPhysicians must understand the actual risk of nicotine use as they are critical in the prescription and recommendation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2019\/02\/01\/e-cigs-almost-twice-as-effective-as-nrt-says-new-study\/\">FDA-approved nicotine replacement therapy products<\/a>\u00a0to help patients who use other dangerous forms of tobacco,\u201d said Michael B. Steinberg, medical director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies, and a professor and chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. \u201cDoctors should be able to accurately communicate these risks, which may include low-nicotine cigarettes, which are not safer than traditional cigarettes,\u201d they added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-contrasting-stance-of-a-uk-health-institute\">The contrasting stance of a UK health institute<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In contrast in the UK, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2021\/07\/09\/uk-institute-officially-recommends-e-cigarettes-as-smoking-cessation-tools\/\">officially recognized<\/a>\u00a0and recommended as smoking cessation tools by the UK\u2019s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A press release by the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) welcomed the development. \u201cThe draft<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/news\/article\/nice-and-phe-publish-comprehensive-draft-guideline-to-tackle-the-health-burden-of-smoking\">\u00a0new guidelines on how to effectively help smokers to quit<\/a>, published today, state that:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u2018nicotine-containing e-cigarettes can help people to stop smoking and are similarly effective to other cessation options\u2019 and<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018people should be able to use e-cigarettes as one of several options to support smoking cessation, if they so choose.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/02\/16\/us-national-survey-reveals-doctors-wrongly-associate-nicotine-with-cancer\/\">Originally published here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies said it is imperative that physicians understand\u00a0nicotine risks\u00a0accurately so that they are in a better position to assist smokers on their quitting journeys. Published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the study titled, \u201cNicotine Risk Misperception Among US Physicians,\u201d surveyed over 1,000 doctors from six specialties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wva-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US National Survey Reveals Doctors Wrongly Associate Nicotine with Cancer - World Vapers&#039; Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/us-national-survey-reveals-doctors-wrongly-associate-nicotine-with-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US National Survey Reveals Doctors Wrongly Associate Nicotine with Cancer - World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Researchers from the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies said it is imperative that physicians understand\u00a0nicotine risks\u00a0accurately so that they are in a better position to assist smokers on their quitting journeys. 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