Smokers with mental health issues cost UK nearly £2.5 billion a year

Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 20:32 in Health & Medicine

People with mental health issues who smoke cost the UK economy nearly £2.5 billion a year, reveals research. The total costs are more or less equally divided among losses sustained from premature death, lost productivity, and healthcare costs to treat smoking related diseases in this group.

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