Introduction Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the US This
study evaluates the cost-effectiveness from a healthcare system perspective of a …

Objectives. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a smoking cessation and relapse-
prevention program for hospitalized adult smokers from the perspective of an implementing …

Abstract Introduction Project CLIQ (Community Link to Quit) was a proactive population-
outreach strategy using an electronic health records-based smoker registry and interactive …

Rationale, aim & objective: The goal of this study was to examine the health and economic
impacts related to increased utilization of the Duke Smoking Cessation Program resulting …

Principal findings: Intervention patients were 1.77 times more likely to be smoke-free at 6
months followup than those in standard care (p=. 078). The intervention generated an …

Background The United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Guideline for Treating
Tobacco Use and Dependence includes ten key recommendations regarding the …

Effective treatments for smoking cessation exist but are underused. Proactive chronic care
approaches may enhance the reach of cessation treatment and reduce the prevalence of …

The work of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (TFCPS) is an impressive
contribution to the growing body of rigorous, evidence-based recommendations to reduce …

Randomized controlled trials have shown that inpatient tobacco cessation interventions are
highly efficacious and cost-effective. However, the degree to which smoking interventions …

Introduction There has been little investigation of whether the clinical effectiveness of
smoking cessation treatments translates into differences in healthcare costs, using real …