title: How Much Can the USA Reduce Health Care Costs by Reducing Smoking?
abstract: In this Perspective, Wayne Hall and Chris Doran discuss Lightwood and Glantz's findings and the implications for tobacco control programs in the US, which are currently poorly funded.
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.|National Addiction Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: School of Human Health and Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doran
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States