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Outcome criteria in smoking cessation trials: proposal for a common standard.
TLDR
Six standard criteria comprising the 'Russell Standard' (RS) are proposed and it is believed that these criteria provide the best compromise between practicability and surrogacy for long-term cessation and will enable meaningful comparison between studies.
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A Randomized Trial of E‐Cigarettes versus Nicotine‐Replacement Therapy
TLDR
E‐cigarettes were more effective for smoking cessation than nicotine‐replacement therapy, when both products were accompanied by behavioral support.
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Effect of maintenance therapy with varenicline on smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial.
TLDR
Varenicline may be an efficacious, safe, and well-tolerated agent for maintaining abstinence from smoking.
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Evaluation of the mood and physical symptoms scale (MPSS) to assess cigarette withdrawal
TLDR
The MPSS meets the key requirements of a cigarette withdrawal scale and should be regarded as forming part of the withdrawal syndrome, although urge to smoke/craving was not included in the list of DSM-IV withdrawal symptoms.
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Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation.
TLDR
Evidence is found that pharmacological interventions aimed at reducing post-cessation weight gain resulted in a significant reduction in weight gain at the end of treatment.
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and reduction.
TLDR
The main outcome measure was abstinence from smoking after at least six months follow-up, and was the most rigorous definition available (continuous, biochemically validated, longest follow- up).
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E-cigarettes: an evidence update. A report commissioned by Public Health England.
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There is no evidence that EC are undermining the long-term decline in cigarette smoking among adults and youth, and may in fact be contributing to it, and new regulations currently planned should also maximise the public health opportunities of EC.
Randomised controlled trial of nasal nicotine spray in smoking cessation
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Efficacy of a nicotine lozenge for smoking cessation.
TLDR
The nicotine lozenge is a safe and effective new treatment for smoking cessation in low- and high-dependence smokers and smokers who used more lozenges achieved significantly better treatment effects.
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Electronic cigarettes: review of use, content, safety, effects on smokers and potential for harm and benefit.
TLDR
Allowing EC to compete with cigarettes in the market-place might decrease smoking-related morbidity and mortality and health professionals may consider advising smokers unable or unwilling to quit through other routes to switch to EC as a safer alternative to smoking and a possible pathway to complete cessation of nicotine use.
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