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December 1986 (Volume 64)
Quarterly Article
Dorothy P. Rice
Thomas A. Hodgson
Peter Sinsheimer
Warren Browner
Andrea N. Kopstein
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The impact of cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality in the United States is well known. Economic consequences of these health effects-expenditures for medical care and the value of productive output lost-have been estimated in many ways. This original prevalence-based analysis of attributable risks indicates a staggering $54 billion cost to the nation. Concern over such misallocation of resources to harmful uses is demonstrably justified.
Author(s): Dorothy P. Rice; Thomas A. Hodgson; Peter Sinsheimer; Warren Browner; Andrea N. Kopstein
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Volume 64, Issue 4 (pages 489–547) Published in 1986
