Dunja Przulj, Francesca Pesola, Katie Myers Smith, Hayden McRobbie, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis, Christopher Griffith, Robert Walton, Rachel Whitemore, Miranda Clark, Michael Ussher, Lesley Sinclair, Emily Seager, Sue Cooper, Linda Bauld, Felix Naughton, Peter Sasieni, Isaac Manyonda, Peter Hajek
BACKGROUND: Some pregnant smokers try e-cigarettes, but effectiveness and safety of such use are unknown. OBJECTIVES: To compare effectiveness and safety of nicotine patches and e-cigarettes in pregnancy. DESIGN: A pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Twenty-three hospitals across England, and a Stop Smoking Service in Scotland. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand one hundred and forty pregnant daily smokers (12-24 weeks' gestation) motivated to stop smoking, with no strong preference for using nicotine patches or e-cigarettes...
July 2023: Health Technology Assessment: HTA