Open AccessDeaths From Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the United States: Economic Implications
Author(s) -
Wendy Max,
HaiYen Sung,
Yanling Shi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300805
Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , medicine , environmental health , demography , productivity , epidemiology , secondhand smoke , psychological intervention , cotinine , life expectancy , population , nicotine , sociology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
We estimated the number of deaths attributable to secondhand smoke (SHS), years of potential life lost (YPLL), and value of lost productivity for different US racial/ethnic groups in 2006.