SmokingPaST Framework: New Planning Tool Helps Employers, Towns and State and National Policymakers Determine Lives Saved, and ROI from Tobacco Treatment Efforts
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 23:31
in Mathematics & Economics
The newly released Smoking Prevalence, Savings, and Treatment (SmokingPaST) Framework is a tool designed to calculate the impact of investments in tobacco treatment programs on health and medical cost savings. The framework combines what is already known about the medical costs of smoking, the health benefits of quitting and the effectiveness of different quit methods.
