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TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential
Life Lost, and Productivity Losses—United States, 1997–2001
July 1, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 25
MMWR Highlights
- An estimated $92 billion (average for 1997–2001) in productivity
losses occurs annually from deaths due to smoking. The economic costs of
smoking are more than $167 billion, including an additional $75.5 billion
in smoking-related medical expenditures.
- Cigarette smoking caused an estimated 438,000 premature deaths
annually (259,494 men and 178,408 women) from 1997 through 2001.
- Among adults, the study estimates that most deaths were from lung
cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (90,582), and
ischemic heart disease (86,801).
- Smoking during pregnancy resulted in an estimated 523 male infant and
387 female infant deaths annually.
- Smoking causes 3.3 million years of
potential life lost for men and 2.2 million years for women. Smoking, on
average, reduces adult life expectancy by approximately 14 years.
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