Rice D P, Hodgson T A, Sinsheimer P, Browner W, Kopstein A N
Milbank Q. 1986;64(4):489-547.
The impact of cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality in the United States is well known. Economic consequences of these health effects--expenditures for medical care and the value of productive output lost--have been estimated in many ways. This original prevalence-based analysis of attributable risks indicates a staggering $54 billion cost to the nation. Concern over such misallocation of resources to harmful uses is demonstrably justified.
吸烟对美国发病率和死亡率的影响是众所周知的。这些健康影响所带来的经济后果——医疗保健支出以及损失的生产产出价值——已经通过多种方式进行了估算。这种基于患病率的归因风险的原始分析表明，美国为此付出了高达540亿美元的惊人代价。显然，对资源如此错误地配置到有害用途的担忧是合理的。
