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The evaluation of the quality of the guidelines of tobacco cessation is however deficient and lacking.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Cochrane Databases were electronically searched. Additional search was carried out in National Institute for Health Care Excellence, Guidelines International Network, Google Scholar and references of relevant articles to screen studies relevant to this review. Guidelines on both health and allied health professionals in English language were included. The assessment of the guidelines in this review was carried out using the AGREE II instrument by four appraisers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty guidelines were included in this review. A comparative evaluation of all the guidelines revealed consistently higher scores in clarity of presentation domain (74.4 \u00b1 20.9) followed by scope and purpose (65.23 \u00b1 17.19), stakeholder involvement (63.84 \u00b1 18.29) and rigour of development domain (61.76 \u00b1 20.24). Lower scores were reported in Applicability (59.18 \u00b1 18.02) and least in Editorial Independence domain (58.29 \u00b1 19.36).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Further guidelines developed should address the gaps identified in this review and be both evidence-based and feasible to implement in diverse clinical contexts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/1179173x251370212","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T18:36:42Z","timestamp":1761331002000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Quality Assessment of Guidelines on Tobacco Cessation: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0977-4013","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Upendra Singh","family":"Bhadauria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"AIIMS"},{"name":"Vital Strategies, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akshat","family":"Sachdeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AIIMS"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Harsh","family":"Priya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AIIMS"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amrita","family":"Chawla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AIIMS"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Puneet","family":"Chahar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vital Strategies, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rana Jugdeep","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vital Strategies, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1113\/JP278388"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","first-page":"106","article-title":"Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and its association with tobacco smoking cessation intention among current smokers in Shanghai, China","volume":"20","author":"Wang R","year":"2022","unstructured":"Wang R, Qiang Y, Gao X, Yang Q, Li B. 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