Reduced-nicotine Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Reduction

Livingstone-Banks J, Ma C, Klemperer E, Cassidy RN, Jarman H, Hatsukami D, Lindson N, Hartmann-Boyce J.
Reduced-nicotine Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Reduction
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2026 Mar 4;3(3):CD016337. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016337. PMID: 41778485; PMCID: PMC12958414.

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the benefits and harms of using reduced-nicotine cigarettes, compared with standard cigarettes, in people who smoke. To evaluate the benefits and harms of smoking cessation or reduction interventions used as an adjunct to reduced-nicotine cigarettes in people who smoke, compared with the same interventions delivered without reduced-nicotine cigarettes.