Editorial standards

How we source clinical claims

Anything in these guides that makes a claim about your body — how long withdrawal lasts, what happens after your last cigarette, how risk changes — is traced back to a primary source rather than to another blog post.

• We cite public health bodies and peer-reviewed research: the CDC, the NHS, the National Cancer Institute, Cochrane reviews, and journal studies indexed on PubMed.
• Every guide lists its sources at the foot of the page, linked, so you can check any claim against the original rather than taking our word for it.
• When a review is withdrawn or superseded, we cite the replacement. Being widely quoted elsewhere is not a reason to keep citing outdated evidence.

What this site is not

We would rather be plain about our limits than imply an authority we do not have.

• These guides are written by the Smoless team, not by doctors, and they are not medically reviewed. That is exactly why every clinical claim carries a citation you can follow.
• Nothing here is medical advice or a treatment plan. Quitting interacts with medication, pregnancy, and existing conditions in ways only a clinician who knows your history can weigh.

Keeping guides current

Each guide shows when it was published and when it was last updated. We revise a guide when the underlying evidence changes or when we find an error — not on a schedule, and we do not refresh dates without changing content.

Corrections

If you find something inaccurate, out of date, or badly explained, tell us at plainforge.apps@gmail.com and we will correct it or explain why we read the evidence differently.