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. 2022 Nov 17;2022(11):CD010216. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub7

El‐Khoury  2021.

Study name Preference‐based tools for smoking cessation among disadvantaged smokers, a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (STOP)
Methods RCT
France
Participants Estimated enrolment 528
Inclusion criteria: daily smokers (≥ 5 cigarettes/day); low socioeconomic position; available for at least 4 appointments over a 6‐month period; affiliation to or benefiting from social security or state medical support
Exclusion criteria: individuals who do not speak French; major citizens protected by law, adults unable to express their consent; pregnant women; regular smokers who vape daily (at least once a day)
Interventions EC: type not stated
Arm 1: The STOP intervention
Assisting smokers with low socioeconomic position in their smoking cessation attempt. Routine care and adapted advice supplemented with a free delivery of any or several type(s) of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (patches, inhalers, gum, tablets, etc.) and/or an e‐cigarette + e‐liquid, based on the smokers' preference and choice
Arm 2: Standard care
Participants randomised to the standard care group will be given standard care in assisting their smoking cessation attempt, but without free delivery of NRT or e‐cigarettes.
Standard care includes motivational interviewing, advice to quit and prescription for NRTs. 
Outcomes Smoking abstinence at 6 months after inclusion
Total number of days of abstinence at 6 months
Smoking abstinence at 1 and 3 months after inclusion
Number of relapses; CPD; proportion of participants who have significantly reduced daily smoking
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Notes New to 2022 update