Range of financial costs due to smoking
Lower estimate | Costs (US$) | Upper estimate | Costs (US$) | |
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*Source: Van Tuinen and Land.11 | ||||
†Source: Tsai et al.25 | ||||
‡Alternative data are not available. | ||||
ETS, environmental tobacco smoke; RR, relative risk. | ||||
% Excess absence (smokers) | 23%* | $136688311 | 83%† | $384510305 |
% Excess absence (ETS) | 27%‡ | $80781796 | 27%‡ | $80781796 |
Workplace injuries (RR) | 2.448 | $33500018 | 2.464 | $33704907 |
Estimated smoking breaks (min/cig) | 4 | $488591812 | 8 | $977183624 |
Total | $739561937 | $1476180632 |