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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