Evaluation of electronic cigarette use in Croydon secondary care
| Author(s)
Mrs.Yunia Rose Nalumansi-Sekiwala and Dr.Roshan Siva
| | Presenter(s) |
Yunia Rose Nalumansi-Sekiwala Stop Smoking Specialist, Croydon NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital, London |
Dr Roshan Siva Respiratory Medicine Consultant, Croydon NHS Trust, London | Abstract Title: Evaluation of Electronic Cigarette use in Croydon secondary care.
Introduction:
Smoking Cessation is a recognised treatment for smokers accessing hospital care. Introduction of E-cigarettes as cheaper and allegedly healthier alternative to cigarettes, has led many people to use them.
Aim
The aim of this study is to give us a better understanding of this increase in the use of E-cigarettes as an aid to quitting smoking for people accessing hospital stop smoking services by analysing their behaviour change, perceptions, and impact on health.
Method
Questionnaires were given to 40 participants recruited by the Croydon Respiratory Team and the hospital stop smoking service.
Results
Favourite brands were Vapour Zone Cigarette (15 participants) and V2 Cigs (7 participants). Use of this intervention was from one week to over 18 months. Patients age ranged from 29-79,17 female, 23 male. 15 participants had COPD. Participants were both single and dual users.
Findings show 21 participants reported improvement in breathing, 5reported reduced sputum, 15 reduced cigarette use and 16 quit smoking. 23 participants heard about E-cigarettes through the media, 11 from friends, 3 through health professionals and 3 from relatives. Significantly 24 participants were unsure when they would stop using E-cigarettes.
| Presenter biography Yunia Rose Nalumansi-Sekiwala is an MSC Health Promotion Specialist, BSc (Hons) who has worked in different areas of Addiction for over 10 years in both the public and voluntary sector. She has lead and worked on different projects and Programmes. She has been working at Croydon University Hospital as a Stop Smoking Specialist and Pregnancy lead for over 5 years. Her main interest is to be innovative, engage service users and improve outcomes for smokers.
Dr Roshan Siva has been a consultant in respiratory medicine at Croydon University Hospital for almost 7 years. He is lead for COPD and the CRT (Croydon Respiratory Team). He is the BTS stop smoking champion for Croydon University Hospital. His main interest is in improving outcomes for patients with COPD.
| Source of funding: No funding
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