Indirect Benefit to Decreased Smoking

Besides the negative physical effects that are associated with smoking tobacco, analysis of data from 1991 to 2007 shows that if individual states follow new CDC guidelines, states could save up to 14-20 times the cost of tobacco control programs. According to San Francisco State economists David R. Pieper and Sudip Chattopadhyay, many of these savings would come from medical and productivity costs.

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