The literature on the health economics of smoking presents two principal facts: that smoking increases health care … costs, and that restrictions on smoking lead to reductions in smoking prevalence and intensity. Some researchers have … hypothesized that these two facts, in combination, allow the inference that restricting smoking will lower health care costs. For a …

taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save … reduced smoking - reductions in medical expenses and earnings from adverted premature deaths - could bring small, albeit …

Smoking is a leading cause of preventable premature deaths. Smoking's effects will continue to devastate lives in many … countries, including Ukraine, if measures are not implemented to reduce its prevalence. Smoking is a major cause of many chronic … diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and smoking-related cancers. Over recent years, successful …