title: The costs of benefits: smoking cessation and health care expenditures.
abstract: Guest commenator Dr. Kenneth E. Warner reflects on the unique contribution of the articles by Martinson et al and Musich et al in this issue in helping to explain why former smokers having higher medical costs than current smokers.
authors: University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network, Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors: Kenneth E
authors: KE
authors: Warner
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States