![Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member and professor in the UNC School of Medicine.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/10/no-recommendation-image2-600x400.jpeg)
July 11, 2016
UNC experts: Doctors shouldn’t routinely recommend e-cigarettes to smokers
UNC Lineberger researcher Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH, and UNC Department of Family Medicine researcher Clare Meernik, MPH, write in a commentary published in the Annals of Family Medicine that existing treatments are more effective than e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking, there are professional ethics concerns about providers who recommend them and there is no strong evidence that e-cigarettes are safe.