Fast stats

Healthcare Purchasing News, August, 2005

$92 billion

is what smoking cost the nation in the form of lost productivity in 1997-2001, an increase of 10 billion from the previous estimate.

$167 billion

The new lost productivity cost estimate when combined with smoking-related healthcare costs, which was reported at $75.5 billion in 1998.

438,000

is the number of premature deaths that occur each year as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

32 million

is the estimated number of smokers who say they want to quit.

3.3 million

is the number of years of potential life lost for men.

2.2 million

is the number of years of potential life lost for women.

14 years

is the adult life expectancy reduction caused by smoking.

Source--http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco