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==Its success rate== | ==Its success rate== | ||
It should be noted that an RCT exists | It should be noted that an RCT exists [[ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/014556131709600701|Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Using Best-Selling Smoking-Cessation Book]] that did not find that 'Easyway' was particularly, if at all effective | ||
A RCT exists that is altogether more [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/28/4/414.full.pdf positive] though it should be noted the study was funded by ACE (Allen Cars Easyway) as is mentioned here https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/sfts-nss011620.php therefore | A RCT exists that is altogether more [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/28/4/414.full.pdf positive] though it should be noted the study was funded by ACE (Allen Cars Easyway) as is mentioned here https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/sfts-nss011620.php therefore approached with caution. Indeed any vaping study that is funded by a vaping company is often fobbed off as 'propaganda', and dismissed no matter how solid the findings! | ||
Another very recent 2020 entry [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14897 Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: a randomized controlled trial] is neutral in its conclusions 'There was no clear evidence of a difference in the efficacies of the Allen Carr's Easyway (ACE) and specialist smoking cessation support involving behavioural support and pharmacotherapy'. | Another very recent 2020 entry [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14897 Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: a randomized controlled trial] is neutral in its conclusions 'There was no clear evidence of a difference in the efficacies of the Allen Carr's Easyway (ACE) and specialist smoking cessation support involving behavioural support and pharmacotherapy'. | ||
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From an email we received 28th Dec, again from Dr [[Jonathan Foulds]]: | From an email we received 28th Dec, again from Dr [[Jonathan Foulds]]: | ||
:"The bottom line is that anyone who claims they have | :"The bottom line is that anyone who claims they have an 80% or higher success rate in helping typical smokers to abstain long-term is kidding themselves or trying to fool you. Same goes for anyone claiming >50%, particularly if there is no pharmacological component to the intervention. This includes varenicline, e-cigs or anything else we currently have. Generally speaking, a 1-year quit rate above 10% is not bad, 20% is very good, and 25% is awesome." | ||
His brief evaluation is here | His brief evaluation is here | ||