School-based anti-tobacco education using the "social influences" model is known to reduce smoking among youth by 5-56%.To estimate cost-effectiveness, we created the Tobacco Policy Model, a system dynamics computer simulation model. The model relies on secondary data and is designed to calculate the expected costs and public health gains of any tobacco policy or intervention over any time frame. Over 50 years, cost-effectiveness is estimated to lie between $4,900 and $340,000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), depending on the degree and longevity of program effectiveness. Assuming a 30% effectiveness that dissipates in 4 years, cost-effectiveness is $20,000/QALY.
Tengs TO, Osgood ND, Chen LL. The cost-effectiveness of intensive national school-based anti-tobacco education: results from the tobacco policy model. Prev Med. 2001 Dec;33(6):558-70

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