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Quit Smoking Hub — Data Center

The evidence and knowledge infrastructure behind Quit Smoking Hub. Where the main site gives practical knowledge, questions and community experiences, this site provides the structured evidence layer: research records, guidelines, definitions, evidence pages and the community data documentation.

What this site is

  • Evidence layer: every research record is a published, citable study — never invented, never summarized from memory. See Research.
  • Guideline comparison: what WHO, USPSTF, NICE and the US PHS actually recommend, with dates and differences stated. See Guidelines.
  • Medication and method evidence: per-medication and per-method evidence pages with strength ratings. See Medications and Cessation Methods.
  • Withdrawal science: symptom-by-symptom science — definition, mechanism, timing, what varies, what may help. See Withdrawal.
  • Defined vocabulary: a stable glossary used consistently across both sites. See Definitions.
  • Controversies, stated plainly: e-cigarettes, gradual-vs-abrupt, dual use, medication comparisons. See Controversies.
  • Community data documentation: how the experience database is built, its statistics, and its limits. See Community Data.

The relationship between the two sites

Main site Data center
Practical knowledge and guidance Evidence and structured records
Questions with direct answers Research and guidelines behind the answers
Community experiences and patterns Community data documentation and statistics
Timeline, tools, triggers Withdrawal science, behaviour-change mechanisms

The main site links here for evidence; this site links back for practical application. Neither duplicates the other.

Evidence integrity rules

  1. No fabricated studies, authors, DOIs, PMIDs, statistics or findings. Every record traces to its published source, linked from the record page.
  2. Community experience is not medical evidence. Community data are reported as observations with their own documentation, always separate from the evidence layer.
  3. Uncertainty is stated, not smoothed over. Where evidence conflicts or is insufficient, it says so — see Controversies.
  4. No individual medical advice. Medication pages describe what the evidence shows; they never prescribe.

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