Cost effectiveness and cost per life years saved
| Treatment | Cost effectiveness |
|---|---|
| Self help | $22-144 |
| Brief + support (pregnancy) | $100-325 |
| Self help (worksite) | $22-144 |
| Clinic worksite (ALA) | $235-399 |
| ALA cess. + main, manual | $126-699 |
| Cost savings per quality adjusted life year saved | |
| Physician smoking counselling | $748-2020 |
| Nicotine gum + behav. Tx | $4113-9437 |
| Moderate hypertension | $11300-24408 |
| High cholesterol | $6511-108189 |
| Smoker’s cost to health care system | |
| 14% higher for health care utilisation | |
| $650-1200 more per year to worksites | |
| Pregnancy: smokers – cost of delivery is $46 less if quit in first trimester (with wide dissemination) = $22-56 million savings in the USA (due to prevention of low birth weight) | |
ALA: American Lung Association.