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. 2024 May 21;5(5):CD016058.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016058.

Interventions for quitting vaping

Ailsa R Butler  1 , Nicola Lindson  1 , Jonathan Livingstone-Banks  1 , Caitlin Notley  2 , Tari Turner  3 , Nancy A Rigotti  4 , Thomas R Fanshawe  1 , Lynne Dawkins  5 , Jamie Hartmann-Boyce  6
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Interventions for quitting vaping

Ailsa R Butler et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To conduct a living systematic review to assess the benefits and harms of interventions to help people quit vaping compared to each other or to placebo or no intervention. We will also assess how these interventions affect the use of combustible tobacco, and whether effects vary based on participant characteristics.

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Conflict of interest statement

ARB's work on this review has been supported by Cancer Research UK Project Award funding. This is not deemed a conflict of interest.

NL has received payment for lectures on systematic review methodology (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), and has been an applicant and principal investigator on project funding to carry out research in the area of tobacco control from the NIHR Evidence Synthesis programme, Cancer Research UK (charity), Clarion Futures (charity), Oxfordshire County Council and the NIHR Oxfordshire and Thames Valley ARC, and Greater Manchester NHS Integrated Care. None of this is deemed a conflict of interest.

JLB was employed by the University of Oxford to work as a Managing Editor and Information Specialist for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group before becoming an author on this review. During this time, he was involved in the editorial processing of the review. He is now an Editor for Cochrane. Since becoming an author, he has not been involved in the editorial process for this review. Core infrastructure funding for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group was provided by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to the University of Oxford.

CN has received an honorarium from Vox Media for filming a 'nicotine explainer' on the role of nicotine in addiction. This is not deemed a conflict of interest. CN is a member of the advisory council for 'Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)'. CN is co‐principal investigator on an ongoing trial (protocol) Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (CoSTED), National Institute for Health Research, Health Technology Assessment. NIHR129438.

TT has no known conflicts of interest. TT is a Cochrane editor, but was not involved in the editorial process for this protocol.

NAR has received royalties from UpToDate, Inc., for chapters on electronic cigarettes and occasional fees from academic hospitals or professional medical societies for lectures on smoking cessation that include discussion of electronic cigarettes. NAR was a member of the committee that produced the 2018 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Consensus Study Report on the Public Health Benefits of E‐cigarettes. She was unpaid for this work. NAR is employed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Outside the topic of e‐cigarettes, NAR is a consultant for Achieve LifeSciences, which is developing an investigational smoking cessation medication for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval (cytisine), and her institution (MGH) receives a grant from the company as a site for a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of cytisine. NAR holds grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research work.

TRF receives funding from the NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and In Vitro Diagnostics Co‐operative at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (MIC‐2016‐018) and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service (NHS), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), or the Department of Health and Social Care.

LD has received grants from: National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research (PHR) September 2021 to August 2024; Medical Research Council (MRC) Public Health Intervention Development Scheme (PHIND) March 2021 to May 2022; Cancer Research UK, Tobacco Advisory Group May 2020 to December 2020; Cancer Research UK, Tobacco Advisory January 2020 to June 2021; and MRC Public Health Intervention Development Scheme (PHIND) September 2019 to February 2021. LD has received consulting fees from and acted as an Advisory Board Member for the ‘Smoking Cessation National Advisory Panel’ Nicorette UK, Johnson & Johnson. LD's other/non‐financial interest: interviewee for TV.net Latvia: one‐hour programme on e‐cigarettes 23 February 2023; interviewee for Brent Stafford’s Reg Watch programme: 'Could Nicotine Restrictions Do More Harm Than Good?' 12 January 2021. LD has an affiliation to the following organisations that have a declared opinion or position on the topic: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (Advisory Council Member); Drug Science (Member of the Scientific Committee). Other: Invited Speaker: All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on vaping 19 April 2023.

JHB has received support for this work from the Cochrane Review Support Programme and the University of Oxford's Returning Carer's Fund. JHB has been an applicant and principal investigator on project grants to carry out research in the area of tobacco control from National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK. Neither of these is deemed a conflict of interest.

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