JAMA Position Paper Co-Authored by Jesse Kaye, PhD

A new JAMA special communication was co-authored by University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health faculty member Jesse Kaye, PhD. The position paper, “Nicotine E-Cigarettes for Cigarette Smoking Cessation: Recommendations to US-Based Clinicians,” summarizes the evidence on the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and provides recommendations for clinicians on engaging in conversations about e-cigarettes with adult patients who currently smoke cigarettes. The authors provide advice on integrating e-cigarettes into patient-centered shared decision-making conversations on the risks and benefits of various sources of nicotine.

Kaye is an assistant professor in the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. His research on tobacco, cannabis, and other substance use disorders focuses on processes related to risk, etiology, and treatment for addictive disorders. An overarching goal of his research has been to develop more effective smoking treatments for populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use such as those with mental illness, heavy alcohol or cannabis use, socioeconomic disadvantage, incarceration, or cancer.

JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world. It has been published continuously since 1883.