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. 2021 Jan 4;2021(1):CD013229. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013229.pub2

5. Adverse events/harms reported in included reviews.

Review Number of studies measuring Summary of key findings
Barnes 2019 2 Neither reported any resulting from hypnotherapy, though 1 reported on vomiting in an arm receiving rapid smoking as an intervention.
Cahill 2010 Unclear Stated adverse events was an outcome, but did not report any in their results.
Carson‐Chahhoud 2019 1 All attributable to study medications participants were receiving.
Chamberlain 2017 13 None reported.
Fanshawe 2019 5 No studies indicated that adverse events were related to the competition component of the intervention.
Hollands 2019 4 No adverse events were considered plausibly related to the behavioural component of the intervention.
Lindson 2019b 18 11 studies reported the number of participants who reported adverse events or serious adverse events during the prequit period, and 7 studies reported prequit withdrawal symptoms. For serious adverse events, either none were reported or rates were low and well‐balanced between trial arms. Adverse events were measured in studies where nicotine replacement therapy was used prequit and appeared to be those usually attributed to these medications. Data on withdrawal and craving were sparse and conclusions varied making it impossible to draw conclusions. No studies reported adverse effects of behavioural support, however.
Marteau 2010 0
Notley 2019 1 Some evidence on the likelihood of the participants 'gaming' to receive unmerited rewards.
Taylor 2017 6 Review authors gave no indication that these adverse events were related to Internet‐based smoking cessation interventions.
Vodopivec‐Jamsek 2012 1 Study looked for differences in finger and joint pain and car crashes resulting from texting. They reported no difference between study groups.