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. 2019 Jan 9;2019(1):CD001118. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001118.pub4

Webb 2013.

Methods Setting: community, USA
Recruitment: community volunteers
Participants 424 current smokers of ≥ 5 cpd, 57% female, average age 42 years, average cpd 19.7
Interventions Both groups received 2 priming phone calls explaining benefits of intervention and encouraging use of materials. In intervention, priming call explicitly stated materials were tailored
∙ 4 self‐help booklets with placebo tailoring, covering cigarette smoking, cessation, and relapse prevention, based on cognitive‐behavioural techniques
∙ 4 standard self‐help booklets covering same materials
Outcomes 1 month sustained abstinence at 6 months
Validation: CO ≤ 8 ppm for locals
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not specified
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not specified
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Biochemical validation used; interventions of similar intensities
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 29% lost in intervention group, 25% lost in control group