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Response to Rose (2011): nicotine preloading: the importance of a pre-cessation reduction in smoking behavior

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Acknowledgments of funding

NL's PhD is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, through the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS). The UKCTCS gratefully acknowledge funding from British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and the Department of Health, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. PA is part-funded by the UKCTCS and the National Institute of Health Research.

Conflicts of interest

NL has received hospitality from Pfizer Ltd, manufacturers of smoking cessation medication. PA has done consultancy and research on smoking cessation for Pfizer, McNeil, and Celtic Biotechnology.

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  1. UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

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A sub-group analysis comparing the effect of NRT preloading on long-term abstinence in studies where participants reduced their cpd by less than 50% and in studies where participants reduced by more than 50% (DOC 28 kb)

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A sub-group analysis comparing the effect of NRT preloading on long-term abstinence in studies where continuous abstinence was used as the outcome measure and studies where prolonged or point prevalence abstinence was used as the outcome measure. (DOC 29 kb)

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Lindson, N., Aveyard, P. Response to Rose (2011): nicotine preloading: the importance of a pre-cessation reduction in smoking behavior. Psychopharmacology 218, 459–460 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2351-z

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