Smoking cessation therapy is "most cost effective" preventative intervention -- AHCPR.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
SMOKING CESSATION THERAPY "MOST COST EFFECTIVE" PREVENTATIVE INTERVENTION AVAILABLE to health care professionals when measured in cost per year of life saved and compared to a broad spectrum of other health care interventions, Michael Fiore, MD, University of Wisconsin, reported at a Sept. 17-18 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research conference in Washington, D.C. The meeting addressed the implementation of AHCPR's recent guidelines on smoking cessation ("The Tan Sheet" April 29, p. 31).