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Smoking costs U.S. $92 billion per year in lost productivity

American Family Physician, August 1, 2005 by Carrie Morantz

Smoking cost the United States about $92 billion annually in lost productivity from 1997 to 2001, an increase of about $10 billion from 1995 to 1999, from annual mortality-related productivity losses, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). When combined with smoking-related health care costs, smoking costs the nation more than $167 billion per year.

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The report also found that an estimated 438,000 premature deaths occurred each year from 1997 to 2001 as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

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Smoking costs U.S. $92 billion per year in lost productivity

American Family Physician, August 1, 2005 by Carrie Morantz

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