Title

E-Cigarettes in Context of Smoking Cessation

Authors

Frank Thomas Leone, MD, MS, FCCP, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

3-6-2014

Comments

Dr. Leone directs Penn's Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program, a clinical program of the Penn Lung Center. The new program provides state-of-the-art and individualized treatment to smokers, including those with comorbidities. Dr. Leone's scholarship focuses on investigating treatment strategies for tobacco use disorder and the effects of smoke on airway biology. Dr. Leone is a member of several professional and scientific societies, including the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, and has served as President of the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania. He has served the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a legislative appointee to the Governor's Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Advisory Committee since 2001.

Abstract

Objectives:

• Review the nature of nicotine dependence
• Review the data re: safety efficacy of e-cigarettes
• Discuss the evolving regulatory role & e-cigarettes in practice

No slides, only audio.

Recommended Citation

Leone, MD, MS, FCCP, FACP, Frank Thomas, "E-Cigarettes in Context of Smoking Cessation" (2014). Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds. Presentation 106.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pulmcritcaregrandrounds/106