The Price of Smoking

by Frank A. Sloan, Jan Ostermann, Christopher Conover, et al.

Book Overview

What does a pack of cigarettes cost a smoker, the smoker's family, and society? This longitudinal study on the private and social costs of smoking calculates that the cost of smoking to a 24-year-old woman smoker is $86,000 over a lifetime; for a 24-year-old male smoker the cost is $183,000. The total social cost of smoking over a lifetime--including both private costs to the smoker and costs imposed on others (including second-hand smoke and costs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262195100
• ISBN13: 9780262195102
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher