Family Physicians' Perceptions of Electronic Cigarettes in Tobacco Use Counseling

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Figure 1.
Career status of respondents who recommended and those who did not recommend e-cigarettes (E-cig).
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Figure 2.
Respondents' perceptions of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes (E-cig).

Table 1.

Demographic Profile of Participants

Demographics	Measure
Sex^*
Male	53.3 (57)
Female	46.7 (50)
Age^* (years)
Range	25 to ≥65
18–24	0 (0)
25–34	55.1 (60)
35–44	21.5 (23)
45–54	12.2 (13)
55–64	6.5 (7)
≥65	3.7 (4)
Career status^*
Actively practicing family physician	25.2 (27)
Full-time faculty	23.4 (25)
Resident-physician	51.4 (55)
Years in practice (n)
Range	3 to 38 years
Mean (SD)	21 (10.9)
Years as a full time faculty (n)
Range	2 months to 22 years
Mean (SD)	8.2 (6.6)
Postgraduate year of residency
1	32.7 (18)
2	36.4 (20)
3	30.9 (17)

Table 2.

Results of χ² Test and Descriptive Statistics for Physicians' Career Status by E-Cigarettes Recommendation

Career Status	Recommending E-Cigarettes
Career Status	Yes	No	Total
Practicing physicians
Count	9	36	45
Expected count	4.5	40.5	45.0
Percentage within Career status	20.0	80.0	100.0
Full-time faculty-physician
Count	5	40	45
Expected count	4.5	40.5	45.0
Percentage within Career status	11.1	88.9	100.0
Resident-physician
Count	5	96	101
Expected count	10.0	91.0	101.0
Percentage within Career status	5.0	95.0	100.0
Total
Count	19	172	191
Expected count	19.0	172.0	191.0
Percentage within Career status	9.9	90.1	100.0

Table 3.

Results for Pairwise Comparisons Using the Holm Sequential Bonferroni Method

Comparison	Pearson χ²	P value (α)	Cramer V
Practicing physicians vs faculty physicians	1.35	.24 (0.050)	0.12
Practicing physicians vs resident-physicians	8.64^*	.003 (0.025)	0.24
Faculty physicians vs resident-physicians	2.04	.15 (0.017)	0.11