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.
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