?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cost-effectiveness+of+pharmacotherapy+for+smoking+cessation&rft.creator=Shahab%2C+L&rft.description=Cost-effectiveness+analysis%2C+even+with+its+inherent+methodological+problems%2C+consistently+shows+that+when+smoking+cessation+interventions+are+effective+they+are++nvariably+also+cost-effective.+This+is+largely+due+to+their+relative+low+cost+and+the+big+impact+that+stopping+smoking+has+on+health+outcomes.+This+is+also+the+case+for+pharmacotherapy+for+smoking+cessation%2C+including+nicotine+replacement+therapy+(NRT)%2C+bupropion+(Zyban)+and+varenicline+(Champix).%0D%0A%0D%0AThere+is+evidence+that+varenicline+may+be+more+cost-effective+than+other+pharmacotherapy.+Evidence+is+less+conclusive+about+the+relative+cost-effectiveness+of+NRT+compared+with+bupropion.+Combination+therapy+(several+forms+of+NRT%2C+or+NRT+and+bupropion)+is+also+cost-effective+compared+with+brief+advice+or+counselling+alone.+While+it+is+likely+that+combination+pharmacotherapy%2C+as+compared+with+monopharmacotherapy%2C%0D%0Ais+cost-effective+it+has+not+yet+been+directly+evaluated.%0D%0A%0D%0AFindings+from+economic+analyses+from+the+UK+and+elsewhere+confirm+that+smoking+cessation+interventions%2C+including+pharmacotherapy%2C+are+among+the+most+cost-effective+health+care+interventions+available.&rft.publisher=NHS+Centre+for+Smoking+Cessation+and+Training+(NCSCT)&rft.contributor=McEwen%2C+A&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(NHS+Centre+for+Smoking+Cessation+and+Training+Briefings++7++).+NHS+Centre+for+Smoking+Cessation+and+Training+(NCSCT)%3A+London.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1450785%2F1%2FShahab_Cost-effectiveness%2520of%2520pharmacotherapy_ncsct-briefing-7.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1450785%2F&rft.rights=open