Annual Healthcare Spending Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
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Medical-care expenditures attributable to cigarette smoking--United States, 1993.
Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of morbidity and premature mortality in the United States; however, approximately 48 million persons aged > or = 18 years are smokers (1), and approximately 24 billion packages of cigarettes are purchased annually (2). Each year, approximately 400,000 deaths in the United States are attributed to cigarette smoking (3) and costs associate...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.10.012