Open AccessSmoking Cessation Is Associated With Lower Indirect Costs
Author(s) -
Christine L. Baker,
Marianna Bruno,
Birol Emir,
Vicky W. Li,
Amir Goren
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000001302
Subject(s) - medicine , indirect costs , demography , smoking cessation , total cost , quit smoking , productivity , environmental health , accounting , pathology , sociology , economics , business , macroeconomics , microeconomics
This study quantified differences in indirect costs due to decreased work productivity between current and former smokers. Former smokers were further categorized by number of years since quitting to assess corresponding differences.