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. 2019 Jun 5;2019(6):CD009670. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009670.pub4

Rovina 2009.

Methods Setting: smoking cessation clinic, Greece
 Recruitment: clinic attenders invited to participate
Participants 205 smokers
Interventions Pharmacotherapy: bupropion 300 mg/day for 19 weeks
1. Control: 15 mins physician counselling
2. Nonspecific group therapy (NSGT), 1‐hour weekly for 1 month, then every 3 weeks until 19 weeks
3. Cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT), same schedule
4. CBGT without bupropion ‐ not used in review
Outcomes Abstinence at 12 months after end of treatment (continuous)
Validation: CO ≤ 10 ppm
Source of Funding/CoI No source of funding reported. Authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Notes 2 & 3 vs 1 in primary analysis, same intensity
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomised, method not stated, 3:1:1:1 ratio
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Biochemically validated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 90% followed up at 12 months