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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 35 Economic issues |
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| | In 1990, cigarettes killed 33,404 New Yorkers, and health care related to smoking |
| | cost New York $2.6 billion in 1992. When lost productivity was added, the total cost |
| | was about $6 billion. |
| | American Medical News, February 22, 1993 |
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| | Smoking costs Floridians nearly $4.4 billion a year, a per capita cost of $616 a year |
| | for each resident over 34. |
| | US News and World Report, March 6, 1995, p. 18 |
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| | Tobacco manufacturers spend about $1.75 per pound for tobacco; there are 5 1/2 |
| | ounces of tobacco in each carton of cigarettes. Of each dollar that the consumer |
| | spends on cigarettes, only 3 cents goes to the tobacco farmer. 16 cents is spent on |
| | advertising and promotion, and 25 cents on packaging and shipping. It costs just 11 |
| | cents of each dollar to actually manufacture the cigarettes. |
| | 60 Minutes, July 18, 1993 (Andy Rooney) |
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| | For each dollar spent on cigarettes, only 3 cents in 1991 went to the tobacco grower, |
| | down from 13 cents in 1950. The manufacturer's share in the same time interval |
| | increased from 21 cents to 50 cents. |
| | American Medical News, November 14, 1994, p. 17 |
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| | Most developing countries are net importers of tobacco, for which they spend scarce |
| | foreign exchange. In countries producing tobacco, land cultivated for this purpose |
| | denies rich farmland for food production, and food often has to be imported. Tobacco |
| | growing also depletes soil nutrients at a much faster rate than many other crops, thus |
| | decreasing the life of the soil. |
| | Panos Briefing, September 1994 (9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, |
| | Paris 1994) |
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