To our current knowledge, this was one of the first studies
examining the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of a video-and
text-based CT intervention for smoking cessation. In order to
compare the three different conditions more specifically, the effects
of the current study were not only assessed in terms of quality of
life but also in terms of smoking abstinence. The inclusion of this
cost-effectiveness analysis (using smoking abstinence as outcome
measure) allows policy makers to compare the net benefit of the
intervention to other smoking cessation interventions. Moreover,
several sensitivity analyses were conducted to test for uncertainty
of parameter estimates which can be seen as another strength of
our study.