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Review
. 2004 Apr 17;328(7445):947-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.947.

Economics of smoking cessation

Steve Parrott  1 , Christine Godfrey
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Review

Economics of smoking cessation

Steve Parrott et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Self rated health status (100 = best imaginable health state), by age and smoking status. Data from Kind et al. UK population norms for EQ-5D. York: Centre for Health Economics (Discussion paper 172)
Figure 2
Figure 2
In Puerto Rico, China (above), and Venezuela, the cost of smoking has been estimated as 0.3%-0.43% of the gross domestic product
Figure 3
Figure 3
Cost effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions compared with that of routine strategies for preventing myocardial infarction
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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