Twenty Years of the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group: Past, Present, and Future

Nicola Lindson-Hawley; Laura Heath; Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntw274

Twenty Years of the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group: Past, Present, and Future

Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Jan 5;20(2):147-153. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw274.

Authors

Nicola Lindson-Hawley¹, Laura Heath¹, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce¹

Affiliation

¹ Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Abstract

This review provides an overview of the work of Cochrane TAG. Readers will gain an insight into the origins of the group, its impact on evidence-based medicine relating to tobacco addiction, and the goals of the group moving forward. This supports the group's aim to encourage knowledge of Cochrane's work within the field, and thereby the wider use of and contribution to high-quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature to improve policy and clinical practice.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine*
Humans
Nicotiana / adverse effects*
Organizations, Nonprofit / organization & administration*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Substance-Related Disorders / etiology
Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*