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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Nov;6(11):1841–1848. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31822e59b3

Table 5.

Screening or cessation alone vs. combination (cessation therapy offered at screening of both current and former smokers ≥20 pack-years), in cohorts of 50 year-olds.

Strategies Men 1-year abstinence with cessation therapy Women 1-year abstinence with cessation therapy

4% 8% 16%* 30% 4% 8% 16% 30%
Cessation alone, single $49,100 $17,700 $12,900 $11,400 $69,300 $20,800 $14,400 $12,400
Cessation alone, annual $57,600 $20,800 $14,900 $12,500 $69,400 $23,900 $16,600 $13,700
Combination, annual $144,500 $153,900 $158,800 $159,700 $130,500 $139,300 $ $145,800 $146,800
*

Shown in Figure 1. Table based on $300 cessation therapy and 3% baseline annual cessation in no-intervention and screening-alone scenarios (screening alone was dominated).