We estimated coefficients (and odd-ratios) for quitters and current smokers, with 'never smoked' as the omitted category.
The prevalence was higher among quitters than among never smokers, current smokers and seldom smokers.
In spite of this emphasis on being a quitter, the students at no time mentioned the concept.
For binge drinking the groups were early heavy, late moderate, infrequent, and nonbingers whereas for cigarette smoking the groups were early stable, late stable, experimenters, and quitters.
Future research can overcome this problem by adding estimates of the indirect costs of smoking cessation, that is, the time or opportunity costs of quitters, to direct costs.
The first term, quitter, emphasizes the negative qualities in someone who does not persist, whereas the second issues, being a fighter and not giving up, emphasize persistence.
This is no time for quitters.
However, the results in terms of cost per quitter and cost per life years saved remain cost-effective in comparison with several other measures for smoking cessation.
