Aveyard and West state that the Allen Carr Easyway method showed abstinence rates similar to those expected from behavioural support alone, quoting McRobbie et al instead of the two cohort studies mentioned.1 2 They omit two studies which found persistent abstinence in half of the cohort, in some of which nicotine replacement had failed.3 4 Even more serious is the omission of the risks of nicotine replacement to the fetus which were reviewed recently.5
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