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Telephone assistance for smoking cessation: one year cost effectiveness estimations

A L McAlister¹, V Rabius², A Geiger², T J Glynn², P Huang³, R Todd²

¹ Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
² American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
³ Bureau of Chronic Disease and Tobacco Prevention, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, USA

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A McAlister
PhD, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2550, Houston, TX 77030, USA; amcalister{at}sph.uth.tmc.edu

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.

Keywords: cessation; telephone assistance; cost effectiveness

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