Smoking cessation in individuals who use vaping as compared with traditional nicotine replacement therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite the aggressive marketing of electronic nicotine device systems (ENDS) as smoking cessation tools, the evidence of their effectiveness is mixed. We conducted a systematic review of randomised controlled trials to determine the effect of ENDS on cigarette smoking cessation, as compared with other types of nicotine replacement therapies (NRT).

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, the CENTRAL Trials Registry of the Cochrane Collaboration using the Ovid interface, ClinicalTrials.gov and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform trials registries were searched through 17 June 2020.

Eligibility criteria for studies

SUBMITTER: Pound CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature