How effective and cost-effective was the national mass media smoking cessation campaign 'Stoptober'?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-58

  Brown, Jamie ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^a,b   Michie, Susan ^a,c   Stapleton, John ^d   Walmsley, Matthew ^e   West, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation; Cost effectiveness; Mass media; Quitting; Smoking; Stoptober

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST PER LIFE YEAR GAINED; DISCOUNTED LIFE YEAR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CESSATION; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; MASS MEDIA; QUITTING; SMOKING; STOPTOBER;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891827936     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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