CDC - Media Relations - Press Release - June 30, 2005

CDC - Media Relations - Press Release - June 30, 2005: "Smoking Deaths Cost Nation $92 Billion in Lost Productivity Annually

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, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 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."