But even after taking into account the cost savings from early deaths, smoking still costs society $2.20 a pack for such things as sick leave, life insurance outlays and medical care not paid by smokers
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The report found, Cigarette smokers have substantially higher rates of death and disability than their nonsmoking counterparts in the population, and said, Cigarette smokers tend to die at earlier ages and experience more days of disability than comparable nonsmokers. It noted, further, that a substantial portion of these early deaths and disabilities would not have occurred if those affected had not smoked, and that if it were not for cigarette smoking, practically none of the earlier deaths from lung cancer would have occurred. The response of the cigarette industry to these findings was to put into that years cigarette commercials and sponsored programs on television about two hundred and seventeen million dollars, or approximately twenty-three million dollars more than it had put into them the previous year
A cigarette pack holder, for the most die-hard smokers, 1955
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