Defining and Measuring Abstinence in Clinical Trials of Smoking Cessation Interventions: An Updated Review

Changes in tobacco products, use patterns, and assessment technology in the last 15 years led the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Treatment Research Network to call for an update to the 2003 SRNT recommendations for assessing abstinence in clinical trials of smoking cessation interventions.The SRNT Treatment Research Network convened a group of investigators with decades of experience in conducting tobacco treatment clinical...