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Costs of Smoking are Triple Those of Illicit Drugs
Results of a study on the social costs of drug use in Australia.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7383/242/a
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Health Care Costs of Smoking
Abstract of recent research estimates percentage of total health care costs attributable to smoking.
http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_14898.htm
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Economics of Tobacco
What are the costs? Who pays? And are anti-tobacco policies cost-effective? Short paper considers these questions.
http://factsheets.globalink.org/en/economics.shtml
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The Health Care Costs of Smoking
Economic analysis concludes cigarettes and other tobacco products represent about 10% of all health care costs in America.
http://www.mit.edu/people/jeffrey/House_Testimony_Nov_1993.html
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Money To Burn
News story itemizes some of the costs of smoking.
http://www.s-t.com/daily/07-97/07-13-97/f01bu207.htm
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$72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care Cost
The total cost of caring for people with health problems caused by cigarette smoking is about $72.7 billion per year, according to health economists at the University of California. "You expect a figure of this magnitude for the impact of smoking on
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1998/0916/smoking.html
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Cigarettes Not Only Cause More Time Off Work, But Also Lower Productivity
Research summary. Estimates that tobacco products cost employers $47 billion dollars in 1990.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-09/bsj-sno090301.php
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Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work
Research that followed over 80,000 employees for over 2 years finds smoking has significant costs for employers, even among younger workers.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-12/CftA-Yhst-0312100.php
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The Health Costs of Smoking
Short factsheet measures the UK cost of tobacco products in different ways.
http://www.roycastle.org/kats/facts_health.htm
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Smokers Filling Hospitals
The cost of smoking in terms of healthcare at one Irish hostpial is estimated: the hospital's budget was about £177 million per year, and about half the 500 to 600 patients were there because of smoking.
http://www.vhi.ie/news/n070601a.jsp
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