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Physicians’ Perception of E-Cigarettes as a Smoking Cessation Tool in Bangladesh
Current Research in Public Health
| Vol 1, Issue 1
Table 2. Association between physician’s professional advice for quit smokingand perception of e-cigarettes (N=145)
| Physicians’ role as quit smoking adviser | χ2 | p-value Significant at level p<0.05 | |||
| YesN (%) | NoN (%) | ||||
| E-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking | Disagree | 71 (55.0) | 6 (37.5) | 1.75 | 0.18 |
| Agree | 58 (45.0) | 10 (62.5) | |||
| E-cigarettes can help in smoking cessation | Disagree | 89 (69.0) | 9 (56.3) | 1.05 | 0.30 |
| Agree | 40 (31.0) | 7 (43.7) | |||
| E-cigarettes might help smokers to cut down the number of cigarettes | Disagree | 68 (52.7) | 6 (37.5) | 1.31 | 0.25 |
| Agree | 61 (47.3) | 10 (62.5) | |||
| E-cigarettes might satisfy the desire to smoke among the smokers | Disagree | 68 (52.7) | 8 (50.0) | 1.04 | 0.83 |
| Agree | 61 (47.3) | 8 (50.0) | |||
| E-cigarettes might taste pleasant than conventional smoking | Disagree | 66 (51.1) | 8 (50.0) | 1.61 | 0.93 |
| Agree | 63 (48.9) | 8 (50.0) | |||