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. 2017 Sep 4;2017(9):CD007078. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007078.pub5

Clark 2004.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Location: USA 
 Funding: Grant from the National Cancer Institute
 Recruitment: current smokers undergoing low‐dose fast spiral chest CT (SCTS) for lung cancer. Participants were recruited at the first annual follow‐up visit  
Participants 171 current cigarette smokers (85 intervention group, 86 control group), had access to a computer with Internet service. Average age 57.4 years, 50% female, 60% of participants were smoking < 20 CPD
Interventions Intervention: Hand‐out with a list of 10 Internet sites related to stopping smoking and a brief description of each site
Control: received a copy of a publication of the National Cancer Institute
Outcomes Long‐term abstinence: 7‐day PPA at 12‐months
 Short‐term abstinence: 7‐day PPA at 30 days
 Validation: CO measurement at 12‐month follow‐up
 Other reported outcomes: readiness to quit if not stopped, other tobacco use, number of quit attempts in previous year, other smokers in household, utilisation of intervention materials at 30‐day follow‐up
Notes Not included in any analyses, as intervention extremely low intensity and similar to control arms of other trials (self help).
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 in the paper
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No dropouts, as all study participants attended their annual review which corresponded with the 1‐year follow‐up assessment