Table 2.
Costs per life year saved (£) |
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Type of intervention | Undiscounted | Discounted |
Face to face | ||
Brief advice |
159 |
248 |
Brief advice plus self help |
195 |
303 |
Brief advice plus self help plus NRT |
524 |
815 |
Brief advice plus self help plus NRT | 658 | 1022 |
plus specialist cessation service |
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Community | ||
“Quit and win” programme: |
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Medium intensity |
634 |
986 |
“No smoking” day |
26 |
40 |
Broader community health | 192 | 295 |
promotion interventions (medium intensity) |
NRT = nicotine replacement therapy. Data from Parrott et al, 1998 (see Further Reading box), revised to reflect 2001-2 prices.