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Economic Costs of Tobacco Use

The per capita consumption of cigarettes has risen and fallen, depending on particular events (Figure 3)⁶⁹. Deaths from smoking-related illnesses, however, have climbed, possibly reaching a peak or plateau in 1988¹. Studies⁷⁰ have placed the costs of smoking for the United States as a whole at a staggering $65 billion in 1985 in terms of health care expenditures and lost productivity, a value that would surely exceed $100 billion in current dollars. The estimated average lifetime medical costs for a smoker exceed those for a nonsmoker by more than $6,000⁷¹. This excess is a weighted . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Tobacco Industry

Tobacco Advertising and Marketing

Tobacco Exportation

The Tobacco Lobby

The Campaign to Prevent Tobacco Use

Smoking Restrictions in the Workplace and in Public

Bans on Advertising and Sponsorship by Tobacco Companies

Restrictions on Sales of Tobacco to Minors

Tobacco Subsidies

Tobacco Taxes

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From the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (T.D.M., C.E.B., R.W.S.), and Denver Health and Hospitals (T.D.M.), Denver.

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