Supplementary material 1 to: Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation

Lindson N, Livingstone-Banks J, Butler AR, McRobbie H, Bullen CR, Hajek P, Wu AD, Begh R, Theodoulou A, Notley C, Rigotti NA, Turner T, Fanshawe T, Hartmann-Boyce J
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub10

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Search strategies

Search strategies - 2020 update onwards

Ovid databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO)

1. exp case control studies/ or exp cohort studies/ or Case control.tw. or (cohort adj (study or studies)).tw. or Cohort analy$.tw. or (Follow up adj (study or studies)).tw. or (observational adj (study or studies)).tw. or Longitudinal.tw.

2. (e-cig$ or ecig$ or electr$ cigar$ or electronic nicotine).mp. or (vape or vapes or vaporizer or vapourizer or vaporiser or vapouriser or vaper or vapers or vaping).ti,ab. or exp Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems/

3. (randomized controlled trial or controlled clinical trial).pt. or randomized.ab. or placebo.ab. or clinical trials as topic.sh. or randomly.ab. or trial.ti.

4. exp animals/ not human/

5. 3 not 4

6. 2 and 5

7. 1 and 2

8. 6 or 7

9. smoking cessation.mp. or exp Smoking Cessation/

10. tobacco cessation.mp. or "Tobacco-Use-Cessation"/

11. (nicotine dependence or tobacco dependence).mp.

12. exp Smoking/th

13. "Tobacco-Use-Disorder"/

14. Smoking reduction/ or Smoking reduction.mp.

15. exp Pipe smoking/ or exp Tobacco smoking/ or exp Tobacco Products/

16. ((quit$ or stop$ or ceas$ or giv$ or abstain* or abstinen*) adj5 (smoking or smoke* or tobacco)).ti,ab.

17. exp Tobacco/ or exp Nicotine/

18. 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17

19. 8 and 18

CENTRAL (via CRS-Web), (also used to search CTAG Specialised Register until March 2023)

1. (e-cig* or ecig* or electr* cigar* or electronic nicotine):ti,ab,KY,MH,EMT,KW,XKY,EH,KY

2. (vape or vapes or vaporizer or vapourizer or vaporiser or vapouriser or vaper or vapers or vaping):ti,ab,KY,MH,EMT,KW,XKY,EH,KY

3. MESH DESCRIPTOR Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems EXPLODE ALL

4. #3 OR #2 OR #1

MEDLINE search strategy - pre-2020

  1. e-cig$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, unique identifier]
  2. electr$ cigar$.mp.
  3. electronic nicotine.mp.
  4. (vape or vaper or vapers or vaping).ti,ab.
  5. 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4

Identical terms used for other databases.

Line 4 added to search strategy for 2016 update.