Individual research recommendation details

Recommendation ID

NG209/14

Question

For adults who want to stop smoking, what is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Allen Carr's Easyway programme delivered in formats other than in-person group seminars (for example online or using the self-help book) compared with other methods of smoking cessation?

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(if applicable)

For specific groups who are at risk of health inequalities, for example pregnant women, people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds or people who do not speak English well:

- What is the differential effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Allen Carr's Easyway (including the in-person group seminar and other formats)?

- What strategies or interventions are effective in minimising those differences?

For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendations for research, see the rationale section on stop-smoking interventions.

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review P: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Allen Carr's Easyway.

Source guidance details

Comes from guidance

Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence

Number

NG209

Date issued

November 2021

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