That is a lot of money literally up in smoke
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Their leadership and advocacy will improve health and save lives in Indiana for generations to come. In the release, Tobacco Free Kids said the tax hike will prevent kids from smoking, encourage smokers to quit, save lives and save money by reducing tobacco-related health care costs, which total $3.4 billion a year in Indiana. The coalition said the tax increase is expected to spur 32,400 current adult smokers to quit, saving 9,900 Indiana residents from premature, smoking-related deaths and saving over $492 million in future health care costs
Noteworthy, a study has shown that those who tried to quit smoking but failed had higher odds of stress than those who did not try to quit 31
Quitting nicotine is one of the best things you can do for your health, and any temporary weight changes can be managed with healthy habits.
Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 2428 August 1997, Beijing, China