The Cost of Tobacco Use
Two of most obvious economic costs attributed to tobacco smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke (passive smoking) are:
- Health care costs to treat tobacco-related illnesses
- The cost of lost productivity at work and in commerce due to tobacco-related diseases and premature death
There are also many ¡°hidden¡± costs of tobacco use that can be more challenging to quantify, such as how the tobacco industry affects the environment, and how working on tobacco farms affects short and long-term health.
Our Research Focus
The American Cancer Society (ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½) Tobacco Control Research (TCR) team studies the massive costs of tobacco to:
- Provide evidence to nations across the world to make the investment in tobacco control a priority
- Inform the development of new tobacco control policies and offer feedback on existing policies about the most successful ways to reduce smoking across the world?