| Methods |
Setting: Community, Australia
Recruitment: Advertising for smokers interested in cessation |
| Participants |
45 smokers attending an information evening on smoking cessation; 38% M, av. age 40, av. cigs/day 23 |
| Interventions |
1. S‐H manual
2. S‐H manual and proactive TC; 6 calls at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 weeks which asked about use of manual, and gave additional information about any techniques or skills proving difficult |
| Outcomes |
Abstinence at 12 m (7‐day PP)
Validation: Saliva samples collected but not apparently tested ‐ 1 participant refusing to provide a sample was classified as smoking |
| Notes |
Effect of TC compared to S‐H and single information session alone |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Randomised, method not described |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No details given |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Saliva samples collected but not apparently tested |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
No details given |
