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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, March 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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Title
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation
Published in
BMC Public Health, March 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-210
Pubmed ID
Authors

Chris Bullen, Jonathan Williman, Colin Howe, Murray Laugesen, Hayden McRobbie, Varsha Parag, Natalie Walker

Abstract

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems [ENDS]) are electrically powered devices generally similar in appearance to a cigarette that deliver a propylene glycol and/or glycerol mist to the airway of users when drawing on the mouthpiece. Nicotine and other substances such as flavourings may be included in the fluid vaporised by the device. People report using e-cigarettes to help quit smoking and studies of their effects on tobacco withdrawal and craving suggest good potential as smoking cessation aids. However, to date there have been no adequately powered randomised trials investigating their cessation efficacy or safety. This paper outlines the protocol for this study.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 1%
United States 3 1%
Canada 1 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Unknown 197 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 33 16%
Student > Master 30 14%
Researcher 27 13%
Other 19 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 9%
Other 42 20%
Unknown 37 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 61 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 10%
Social Sciences 19 9%
Psychology 16 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 7%
Other 33 16%
Unknown 42 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 March 2014.
All research outputs
#1,776,849
of 25,080,471 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,994
of 16,723 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,653
of 200,687 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#20
of 289 outputs
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