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Am J Prev Med2016;51(6):882-889.December 1, 2016Journal Article

Online Patient-Provider E-cigarette Consultations: Perceptions of Safety and Harm.

Cati G Brown-Johnson1, Andrea Burbank2, Eric J Daza1, Arianna Wassmann3, Amy Chieng4, Geoffrey W Rutledge5, Judith J Prochaska6
1Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
2Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, California.
3Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Product Development Regulatory, Genentech, South San Francisco, California.
4Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
5HealthTap, Palo Alto, California.
6Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Electronic address: jpro@stanford.edu.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: E-cigarettes are popular and unregulated. Patient-provider communications concerning e-cigarettes were characterized to identify patient concerns, provider advice and attitudes, and research needs. METHODS: An observational study of online patient-provider communications was conducted January 2011-June 2015 from a network providing free medical advice, and analyzed July 2014-May 201…

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