Table 2

Effectiveness estimation

Intervention‘Usual care’
Age20–4445–6465–8420–4445–6465–84
Participants in the FRITT study (n)
Men112029209
Women19416203711
Reduced cigarette consumption by half (n)*
Men220120
Women591240
Quitters (n)
Men000121
Women251113
Effectiveness data, estimated quitters (n)—used in Markov model†
Men000121
Women361123
Proportion of estimated quitters (%)
 Men320131211
 Women1415197427
Swedish population (n)
 Men1 629 8551 228 289788 9071 629 8551 228 289788 907
 Women1 561 2891 205 769867 4931 561 2891 205 769867 493
Smokers in Sweden (n)
 Men114 090147 39563 113114 090147 39563 113
 Women124 903192 923104 099124 903192 923104 099
Smokers who visit dental care each year (n)
 Men57 04595 80741 02357 04595 80741 023
 Women62 452125 40067 66462 452125 40067 664
Effectiveness data, prevalence of smokers in the population (%)—used in population-based simulation model‡
Men6.9011.888.006.5511.107.42
Women7.4214.3910.517.7415.559.87
  • *Results from FRITT study.

  • †Calculated as 15% of the ‘Reduced cigarette consumption by half’ plus ‘Quitters’.

  • ‡Calculated as ‘(number of smokers in Sweden−(proportion of estimated quitters×smokers who visit dental care each year))/ Swedish population in the age and sex group’.