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August 18, 2025Advances in TherapyOpen Access

Economic Burden of Self-Reported Tobacco Smoking Compared with Non-Smoking: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Direct Health Care Costs

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NSNadia J. SweisZEZane ElfessiIRIsrael Rubinstein

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Overview

Systematic review reveals that tobacco smoking incurs greater health care costs compared to non-smokers, suggesting a need for cost-effective smoking cessation interventions.

Key Points

  • Smoking generally incurs greater health care costs than non-smoking, even though the result was not statistically significant.
  • Mean annual incremental health care costs for smokers were reported at $1916.5, indicating a substantial burden.
  • A systematic literature review identified and analyzed 11 studies involving over 19 million smokers and 206 million non-smokers.
  • High levels of heterogeneity were observed, emphasizing the variability in costs across different studies.

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Sweis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af31e3cf1dd9ea359e7dfchttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-025-03318-0
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