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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2014 Nov 22;56(2):160–166. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.08.025

Table 3.

Data used to project the number of daily smokers prevented in adulthood, lifetime medical costs saved, and QALYs gained

Male Female Sources
Population number
 7th–8th Graders 3,928,000 3,899,000 2010 U.S. Census
 9th–10th Graders 4,259,000 3,873,000 2010 U.S. Census
 11th–12th Graders 4,293,000 4,263,000 2010 U.S. Census
Ever tried cigarette smoking
 7th–8th Graders .266 .245 Youth On-Line, middle school YRBS data
 9th–10th Graders .406 .379 Youth On-Line, high school YRBS data
 11th–12th Graders .528 .488 Youth On-Line, high school YRBS data
Lifetime excess medical costs ($)
 Former established smoker 4,142 4,853 Hodgson and authors’ assumption
 Current established smoker 20,712 24,263 Hodgson
QALYs gained as a result of preventing a
 Former established smoker .4 .4 Wang et al.
 Current established smoker 1.9 1.9 Wang et al.

QALYs = quality-adjusted life years; YRBS = Youth Risk Behavior Survey.