Critical Appraisal of Evidence on Effectiveness of E-cigarettes for Smoking Cessation

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HLSC122 Semester 2, 2018
Assessment 3: Critical appraisal of evidence
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Brown, J., Beard, E., Kotz, D., Michie, S., & West, R. (2014). Real-world effectiveness of e-cigarettes
when used to aid smoking cessation: A cross-sectional population study. Addiction,109(9), 1531-
1540. doi:10.1111/add.12623
Introduction:
The case study represents the smoking habit of a 34 years geologist who wishes to use
her saving for Airnb business and the business has a strict no smoking policy. She wanted to
know the availability of any evidences which suggest the effectiveness of e cigarette in stopping
the habit of smoking compared to nicotine replacement therapy. Smoking is considered as one of
the leading cause of the premature death and disability around the globe. The mortality rate
exponentially increases the due to the inhalation of the toxins rather than smoking cigarette
directly (Manzoli et al., 2017). The electric cigarette sometimes used in replacement of the
nicotine and it provides the vapour of the nicotine without the tobacco. Therefore, this paper will
critically appraise a research journal in order to obtain how the e-cigarettes compared to other
nicotine replacement therapies for smoking cessation in adults.
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PART A
Authorship:
The authors of the paper who conducted the research are including Jamie brown, Emma
beard, Danial Kortz, Susan Michie who were part of the uk centre for the tocabbo nad alcohols
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studies. The researcher, Jamie Brown who is associated with University College London Cancer
Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre London UK,University College London
Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology London UK. The second autho,r
Emma breard is associated with University College London Cancer Research, UK Health
Behavior Research Centre London UK. The third author, Danial kortz is associated with
university College London Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre London
UK,Maastricht University ,Medical Centre Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for
Public Health and Primary Care Maastricht the Netherlands. The fourth author, Susan Michie
associated with University College London Department of Clinical, Educational and Health
Psychology London the UK, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training London
UK.The fourth author, Robert West associated with University College London Cancer Research
UK Health Behaviour Research Centre London the UK,National Centre for Smoking Cessation
and Training London UK.
Research questions:
How effective are e-cigarettes compared to other nicotine replacement therapies for
Smoking cessation in adults?
Research design:
According to the Duke et al. (2016), research design is a detailed procedure necessary for
obtaining the information required for addressing any research problem. In the paper, Brown et
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