Telephone assistance for smoking cessation: one year cost effectiveness estimations.
A randomised trial evaluated the American Cancer Society's telephone counselling service to assist smoking cessation. Counselling nearly doubles a smokers' odds of quitting and maintaining cessation for one year. The estimated cost for each case of maintained smoking cessation attributable to counselling availability is approximately 1300 dollars.
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Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. amcalister@sph.uth.tmc.edu
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D000570:American Cancer Society; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003376:Counseling; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States