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. 2016 Mar 24;2016(3):CD008286. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008286.pub3

Chan 2010.

Methods Setting: Clinics, Hong Kong
 Recruitment: Community volunteers & clinic patients, motivated to quit
Participants 719 male smokers with erectile dysfunction, av. age 49, av. cpd 20
Provider: Specialist counsellor
Interventions 1, Counselling at 0, 1, 4wks, ˜15 min, NRT (patch or gum) for 2 wks. +/‐ 5 min adherence intervention (pooled for cessation outcomes)
2. Brief advice, 10 min, S‐H materials
Outcomes Abstinence at 6m (PP)
Validation: cotinine 115 ng/mL,  CO > 8ppm
Notes Study stopped early before reaching target, when abstinence differences significant.
Not included in subgroup by setting as recruitment included both community volunteers and clinic patients
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomly assigned in 2 stages, no details reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details given, 'single blind'
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 24‐30% lost to follow‐up