Smoking Costs World $1.4 Trillion a Year in Disease, Lost Productivity

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Smoking Costs World $1.4 Trillion a Year in Disease, Lost Productivity
Tobacco-related diseases caused 12 percent of deaths among smokers aged 30 to 69 in 2012, study finds
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 6 percent of the world's health-care spending is tied to smoking, a new study reports.

That amounted to $1.4 trillion worldwide in 2012, with developing nations shouldering 40 percent of the burden, the researchers said.

"Smoking imposes a heavy economic burden throughout the world, particularly in Europe and North America where the tobacco epidemic is most advanced," the study authors wrote.

Mark Goodchild, of the World Health Organization (WHO), led the analysis of data from 152 countries, representing 97 percent of the world's smokers.

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[geronl]

I wonder how much is collected in taxes from them?

[Free Vulcan]

Just tobacco folks! Not talking about weed! Weed's good myan! Weed will solve all the world's problems! Gotta smoke weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed myan!

[Elderberry]

Just tobacco folks! Not talking about weed! Weed's good myan! Weed will solve all the world's problems! Gotta smoke weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed myan!

Whew!

So smoking brisket is AOK.

I was afeared my Smoking BBQ days were numbered.

[GtHawk]

I wonder how much is collected in taxes from them?

I get what your saying, but from an employers standpoint that is irrelevant, and I worked with a lot of guys that spent a considerable amount of time on smoke breaks when they were supposed to be working, having said that, I had the same problem and maybe even worse with guys that wasted time socialising on their cell phones. As far as disease, yeah, I thought that was the whole point of taxing the crap out of smokers, to recoup the cost. Here in California Meathead Rob Reiner used "It's for the children" to con voters into voting for bullshit law.

[mirraflake]

I wonder how much is collected in taxes from them?

Not near enough to pay for their health cost  HBP, strokes, COPD on and on.

@geronl

[Frank Cannon]

In my experience I have found that stupid people cause a lose in productivity. They should look into eradicating that too if they are serious.

[mirraflake]

Seen too many women-lifelong smokers who aged their faces 25 years.