title: [What does cigarette smoking cost society?].
abstract: Deaths from cigarette smoking have been estimated to 7,500 persons per year in Norway. Half of these are assumed to die before reaching 70 years of age. It is calculated that cigarette smoking costs the society about NOK 1.2 billion per year in direct health care, NOK 1.6 billion in indirect morbidity, and NOK 4.2 billion in lost productivity due to premature death.
authors.affiliation: Avdeling for miljø- og yrkesbetinget kreft, Det Norske Radiumhospital, Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanner
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Hva koster sigarettrøykingen samfunnet?