Table 2

Total price (US$) for three months* of smoking cessation therapy

	Gum (4 mg)		Patch (7 mg–21 mg)		Spray (10 ml)		Bupropion (150 mg)
	Price	Ratio	Price	Ratio	Price	Ratio	Price	Ratio
*Average daily dose: gum, 10 pieces/day; patch, 1/day; spray, 24 applications/day; bupropion, 2 pills/day.
†Prices based on original survey of local pharmacies, December 2002.
‡Prices indicated by a local manufacturer, April 2003.
USA†	475	1.00	321	1.00	1145	1.00	410	1.00
Switzerland²⁵	362	0.76	362	1.13	756	0.66	354	0.86
UK²⁶	254	0.53	321	1.00	649	0.57	193	0.47
Canada†	251	0.53	303	0.94	NA	–	120	0.29
Spain²⁷	237	0.50	235	0.73	432	0.38	219	0.53
France²⁸	214	0.45	259	0.81	N/A	–	242	0.59
Sweden†	153	0.32	157	0.49	364	0.32	189	0.46
India‡	63	0.13					48	0.12