Nicola Lindson, Annika Theodoulou, José M Ordóñez-Mena, Thomas R Fanshawe, Alex J Sutton, Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, Anisa Hajizadeh, Sufen Zhu, Paul Aveyard, Suzanne C Freeman, Sanjay Agrawal, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. Stopping smoking can reduce this harm and many people would like to stop. There are a number of medicines licenced to help people quit globally, and e-cigarettes are used for this purpose in many countries. Typically treatments work by reducing cravings to smoke, thus aiding initial abstinence and preventing relapse. More information on comparative effects of these treatments is needed to inform treatment decisions and policies...
September 12, 2023: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews