Study protocol for a randomised trial of nicotine-free cigarettes as an adjunct to usual NRT-based cessation practice, in people who wish to stop smoking

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Walker, Natalie K ^a   Howe, Colin ^a   Bullen, Chris ^a   Grigg, Michele ^b,c   Glover, Marewa ^d   McRobbie, Hayden ^e,f   Laugesen, Murray ^a   Vander Hoorn, Stephen ^d   Whittaker, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Quit Group   (New Zealand)

^c London School of Medicine and Dentistry ^*

^d Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f URS NZ Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651367423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-37     Document Type: Article

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