newsGP – GPs willing to prescribe e-cigarettes to aid the quitting process – RACGP

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Many GPs would be prepared to upskill in order to help their patients, a leading expert has told a government inquiry.
Only a handful of GPs prescribe nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to help people who smoke quit.
Professor Nick Zwar told the Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction that GPs will upskill to prescribe nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to help patients who smoke as another form of replacement therapy.‘Because they want to help their patients. There are patients that GPs see…

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