Abstract Background and Aims Inadequate reporting of smoking cessation intervention trials
is common and leads to significant challenges for researchers. The aim of this study was to …

Despite its importance, underreporting of the active content of experimental and comparator
interventions in published literature has not been previously examined for behavioural trials …

Abstract The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group has created risk of bias tools, which are
topic‐agnostic. In 2012 the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group created guidance specific to …

Objective Reporting of the content and delivery characteristics of comparator interventions in
published articles is often incomplete. This study examines the feasibility and validity of two …

Introduction. Activities promoting research reproducibility and transparency are crucial for
generating trustworthy evidence. Evaluation of smoking interventions is one area where …

Introduction: Activities promoting research reproducibility and transparency are crucial for
generating trustworthy evidence. Evaluation of smoking interventions is one area where …

Background The systematic review (SR) lies at the core of evidence-based medicine. While
it may appear that the SR provides a reliable summary of existing evidence, standards of SR …

Background and aims Behavioural smoking cessation trials have used comparators that
vary considerably between trials. Although some previous meta‐analyses made attempts to …

Abstract The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group produces up‐to‐date systematic reviews
of interventions for the cessation and prevention of tobacco use. Many of our Cochrane …

Smoking cessation treatment is now integrated into many health‐care systems and a major
research effort is under way to improve current success rates. Until now results from …