German EstSmoke: Estimating adult smoking ‐related costs and consequences of smoking cessation for Germany

ConclusionsModelling suggests that the lifetime healthcare costs of people in Germany who smoke are substantially greater than those of people who have never smoked. However, more comprehensive tobacco control policies could reduce healthcare expenditure for current smokers by at least 4%.

Source: Addiction - July 22, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Diana Sonntag, Simon Gilbody, Winkler Volker, Shehzad Ali Tags: Research Report Source Type: research