Table 4 Excessive medical spending attributable to active smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by smoking status (yuan, per capita per year)
Smoking statusNationalUrbanRural
Active smoking
NS (reference category)0.00.00.0
Low3.14.12.7
Medium3.24.02.9
High4.25.24.0
1 quit39.254.532.9
2+ quit64.084.951.6
Mixed34.945.130.6
ETS
Low13.514.113.3
Medium13.814.713.6
High11.912.211.8
  • NS, household of never-smokers; Low, low tobacco consumption (0–25% of distribution of tobacco consumption); Medium (25–75%) and high tobacco consumption (75–100%).