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We analysed (i) the association between the pandemic period and self\u2010reported use (vs non\u2010use) during the most recent quit attempt of: prescription medication (nicotine replacement therapy [NRT]\/varenicline\/bupropion), NRT bought over\u2010the\u2010counter, e\u2010cigarettes, traditional behavioural support and traditional remote support (telephone support\/written self\u2010help materials\/websites) and (ii) the interaction between the pandemic period and use of these cessation aids on self\u2010reported abstinence from quit date to survey. Covariates included age, sex, social grade, level of cigarette addiction and characteristics related to the quit attempt.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After adjustment for secular trends, there was a significant increase from the pre\u2010pandemic to pandemic period in the prevalence of use of traditional remote support by past\u2010year smokers in a quit attempt (OR\u2009=\u20092.18; 95% CI, 1.42\u20133.33); specifically telephone support (OR =\u20097.16; 95% CI, 2.19\u201323.45) and websites (OR = 2.39; 95% CI, 1.41\u20134.08). There was also an increase in the prevalence of use of prescription medication (OR = 1.47; 95% CI, 1.08\u20132.00); specifically varenicline (OR = 1.66; 95% CI, 1.09\u20132.52). There were no significant changes in prevalence of use of other cessation aids after adjustment for secular trends. People who reported using prescription medication (OR = 1.41; 95% CI, 1.09\u20131.84) and e\u2010cigarettes (OR = 1.87; 95% CI, 1.62\u20132.16) had greater odds of reporting abstinence than people who did not. There were no significant interactions between the pandemic period and use of any cessation aid on abstinence, after adjustment for covariates and use of the other aids, although data were insensitive to distinguish no change from meaningful modest (OR = 1.34) effects (Bayes factors 0.72\u20131.98).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In England, the COVID\u201019 pandemic was associated with an increase in use of remote support for smoking cessation and varenicline by smokers in a quit attempt up to June 2021. 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