Smoking Cessation for Smokers Not Ready to Quit: Meta-analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

To provide a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis on smoking interventions targeting smokers not ready to quit, a population that makes up approximately 32% of current smokers.

Evidence acquisition

Twenty-two studies on pharmacological, behavioral, and combination smoking-cessation interventions targeting smokers not ready to quit (defined as those who reported they were not ready to quit at the time of the study) published between 2000 and 2017 were analyzed. The effectiveness (measured by the number needed to treat) and cost effectiveness (measured by costs per quit) of interventions were calculated. All data collection and analyses were performed in 2017.

Evidence synthesis

Smoking interventions targeting smokers not ready to quit can be as eff

SUBMITTER: Ali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6055474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature