A study from The Conference Board of Canada pegs the direct healthcare expenses related to tobacco use in 2012 at $6.5 billion. The total includes:
- Hospital care ($3.8 billion);
- Prescription drugs ($1.7 billion); and
- Physician care ($1 billion).
Indirectly, tobacco use contributes to almost $2.5 billion in costs relating to premature mortality and about $7.0 billion in short- and long-term disability expenses. The research also estimates 45,500 deaths were attributable to smoking in 2012, up 23% from a decade earlier.
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