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JAMA. 2005;294:788-789.

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MMWR. 2005;54:625-628

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Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reducing quality of life and life expectancy.¹ This report assesses the health consequences and productivity losses attributable to smoking in the United States during 1997-2001. CDC calculated national estimates of annual smoking-attributable mortality (SAM), years of potential life lost (YPLL) for adults and infants, and productivity losses for adults. The findings indicated that, during 1997-2001, cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in approximately 438,000 premature deaths in the United States, 5.5 million YPLL, and $92 billion in productivity losses annually. Implementation of comprehensive tobacco-control programs as recommended by CDC can reduce smoking prevalence and related mortality and health-care costs.¹

The Adult and Maternal and Child Health Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity and Economic Cost (SAMMEC) software² was revised on the basis of findings from the 2004 Surgeon General’s report on diseases caused by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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