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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Diseases linked to smoking cost India Rs 1,04,500 crore, Health Ministry Report Thursday May 29,2014

That tobacco is a silent killer is well known. But there is another ghastly side to it. The total expenditure incurred on dealing with tobacco-related diseases in India is a whopping Rs 1,04,500 crore.
According to a new report released by the Union Ministry of Health on Thursday May 29,2014, the direct medical cost of tobacco-related diseases amounts to Rs 16,800 crore, and associated indirect morbidity costs stand at Rs 14,700 crore.
The cost from premature mortality stands at Rs 73,000 crore, which causes a substantial productive loss to the country. 

The statistics in the report 'Economic burden of tobacco-related diseases in India' are for the year 2011.
The total cost amounts to 1.16 per cent of the GDP - 12 per cent more than the combined expenditure of state and central governments on healthcare in 2011.

The report is based on a study conducted to estimate the direct and indirect costs of diseases caused by tobacco use, especially cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, tuberculosis and cancers




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