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. 2024 Sep 4;13:e60325. doi: 10.2196/60325

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.a

Criteria Inclusion Exclusion
Article type
  • Systematic review with a minimum search of 2 databases

  • All other study designs

Language
  • All languages

  • Reviews for which translation is unavailable

Publisher
  • Academic journals

  • Government reports

  • Medical organizations

  • Predatory journals (not indexed in PubMed or Directory of Open Access Journals)

  • Conference abstracts

Primary study designs
  • Clinical trials (randomized or nonrandomized)

  • Experimental studies

  • Longitudinal cohort studies

  • Cross-sectional study data

  • Surveys

  • Case studies

  • Qualitative studies

  • Animal studies

  • In vitro studies

Population
  • Adults who smoke cigarettes, adults who have quit smoking, and adults who have never smoked

  • Youth

Data
  • Changes in disease symptoms

  • Clinical test measurements

  • Self-reported health status

  • Passive or second-hand exposure

  • Only 1 primary study from included study designs

Bias assessment of primary studies
  • Individual primary studies assessed with any method

  • No bias assessment of individual primary studies

  • Inappropriate bias tool

Analysis-synthesis method
  • Meta-analysis

  • Tabulation

  • Narrative assessment

  • Solely summary of individual primary studies

aStudies excluded at the full paper examination will be listed in an appendix and will note the reason for exclusion.