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. 2019 Oct 30;2019(10):CD002295. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002295.pub6

Marcus 1995.

Methods Country: USA
 Randomisation: Method not stated
Participants 20 women, mean age 38, mean CPD 23, exercise < once a week
Interventions (a) CV equipment: group, facility, 30 ‐ 40 mins, 60% ‐ 85% HR reserve, (3 times/week for 15 weeks) + CP (once a week for 12 weeks)
 (b) CP as (a) + health education 3 times/week for 15 weeks
 Exercise began before quit date
Outcomes 7‐day PPA
 Validation: saliva cotinine < 10 ng/ml
 Follow‐up: 1, 3, 12 months
Notes Contact time balanced between (a) and (b)
Funding: not reported
Conflcts of interest: Not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Blinding of smoking assessments not stated, but as self‐reports of smoking were validated objectively by expired CO and saliva cotinine risk is considered as low
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participants were followed up and included in the analysis for the primary outcome
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Smoking outcomes reported as described in Methods