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Article History

Received: 4 August 2023

Accepted: 6 November 2023

First Online: 14 December 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for the STS was granted originally by the University College London (UCL) Ethics Committee (ID 0498/001). The data are not collected by UCL and are anonymised when received by UCL. All participants provided verbal consent which was recorded on computers by trained interviewers.

: Not applicable.

: JB and EB have received unrestricted research funding from Pfizer, and JB only from J&J, who manufacture smoking cessation medications. LS has received honoraria for talks, an unrestricted research grant and travel expenses to attend meetings and workshops from Pfizer, and has acted as a paid reviewer for grant awarding bodies and as a paid consultant for health care companies. All authors declare no financial links with tobacco companies, e-cigarette manufacturers, or their representatives.