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JAMA. 2002;287:2355-2356.

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MMWR. 2002;51:300-303

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Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and produces substantial health-related economic costs to society.^1-2 This report presents the annual estimates of the disease impact of smoking in the United States during 1995-1999. CDC calculated national estimates of annual smoking-attributable mortality (SAM), years of potential life lost (YPLL), smoking-attributable medical expenditures (SAEs) for adults and infants, and productivity costs for adults. Results show that during 1995-1999, smoking caused approximately 440,000 premature deaths in the United States annually and approximately $157 billion in annual health-related economic losses. Implementation of comprehensive tobacco-control programs as recommended by CDC³ could effectively reduce the prevalence, disease impact, and economic costs of smoking.

The disease impact of smoking was estimated by using the Adult and Maternal and Child Health Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC) software.⁴ Smoking-attributable deaths were calculated by multiplying estimates of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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