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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 Introduction
According to the article, “Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years
of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses—United States, 1997–2001,”
released in the July 1, 2005, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, smoking
cost the nation about $92 billion in the form of lost productivity in
1997–2001, up about $10 billion from the annual mortality related
productivity losses for the years 1995–1999.
The new lost productivity estimate, when combined with smoking-related
health-care costs, which was reported at $75.5 billion in 1998, exceeds $167
billion per year in the United States. The report also finds that during
1997–2001 an estimated 438,000 premature deaths occur each year as a result
of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. In comparison, approximately
440,000 smoking-related deaths were estimated to have occurred annually from
1995–1999.
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