The Price of Smoking

Preface vii Acknowledgments xi 1 Tabulating the Cost of Smoking 1(22) 2 Approaches for Assessing the Cost of Smoking 23(20) 3 What We Know and Don't Know about the Cost of Smoking 43(34) 4 Effects of Smoking on Mortality 77(22) 5 How Much Does Smoking Increase Outlays for Personal Health Care? 99(34) 6 Effects of Smoking on Social Security 133(30) 7 Private Pensions: Do the Cross-Subsidies Mirror Those for Social Security? 163(18) 8 Do Nonsmokers Cross-Subsidize Smokers in the Market for Life Insurance? 181(16) 9 Effects of Smoking on Morbidity, Disability, and Work Loss 197(22) 10 Health Effects of Smoking on Others 219(26) 11 Summing Up 245(28) Notes 273(10) References 283(24) Index 307