Home >> Society >> Issues >> Health >> Tobacco >> Economic Impact Smoking costs faced by employers Costs due to increased absenteeism, productivity, insurance; summary of research. Economic Impact of Smoking in Pacific Islands Complete online book. Outlines the different types of cost; who bears the cost; estimating the costs; future smoking costs trends in developing countries; policy implications. CDC's STATE: Tobacco Behavior, Economics & Health Cost Can select a state and find out the smoking-attributable expenditures for that state. Breaks the cost down by ambulatory, hospital, nursing home, drug, and other expenses. Fire Safe Cigarette Cost of fires started by dropped (not fire safe) cigarettes. Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs CDC report; every pack of cigarettes costs $3.45 for medical care attributable to smoking and $3.73 in productivity losses, for a total cost of $7.18 per pack. Medical Costs of Smoking in the United States Article examines the literature available, the estimates arrived at, their validity, and their implications. State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 1993 report breaks down costs by state. Motherless Or Fatherless Youth And Social Security Survivors Insurance Costs Estimates cost of Social Security payments made for youths who became motherless or fatherless due to tobacco use. Economic Damages and the Tobacco Litigation Collection of evidence introduced into trial on the costs tobacco products place on the smoker, the family, government, and society; most documents in PDF format. The Cost of Smoking in California, 1999 Extensive report adds up the cost to $15.8 billion, breaks it down by type of cost, disease, gender, county, and includes estimates for lost productivity, secondhand smoke. PDF format.
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