Open AccessThe Economic Cost of Smoking in South Africa, 2016
Author(s) -
Micheal Kofi Boachie,
Laura Rossouw,
Hana Ross
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntaa162
Subject(s) - economic cost , productivity , environmental health , indirect costs , psychological intervention , health care , medicine , tobacco control , total cost , consumption (sociology) , business , public health , economics , economic growth , social science , neoclassical economics , accounting , nursing , psychiatry , sociology
Chronic, noncommunicable diseases are on the rise globally, with tobacco consumption being an important contributing risk factor. These increases result in significant economic costs due to increased healthcare costs, productive lives lost, and productive days lost due to illness. Estimates of these economic costs are scarce in low- and middle-income countries.