Can we use e-cigarettes and vaping to help people who use mental health services to quit smoking?
important topic:big question.
the brilliant people at #YorkshireCancerResearch @yorkshirecancer have funded us to undertake a trial! https://yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/news/funding-new-cancer-research-in-yorkshire
important topic:big question.
the brilliant people at #YorkshireCancerResearch @yorkshirecancer have funded us to undertake a trial! https://yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/news/funding-new-cancer-research-in-yorkshire
the trial is led by my brilliant colleagues @ElenaRatschen from @MHARG_york & @NIHR_ARC_YH and @LionShahab from @UCL_TARG
we have written on the challenges & opportunities of e-cigarettes in mental health services. @NCSCT https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-advances/article/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-ecigarettes-and-vaping-but-were-afraid-to-ask-a-guide-for-mental-health-clinicians/F2FDC01A56EF39D31D7AEF0BB5CD49D0
we think a trial is needed in this area, and this amazing and generous grant from @yorkshirecancer will help us to answer this question!
smoking and mental health is a core theme of our @NIHR_ARC_YH @docjohnwright. find out more about our work here https://www.arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/what-we-do/mental-health
we have a number of trials of smoking cessation strategies in mental health services @SCEPTREresearch @CTGNetworkUK and work closely with @ASH_LDN https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036619300471