The health and economic costs of smoking in the workforce : premature mortality, sickness absence and workplace interventions for smoking cessation

Background: The common argument used against the implementation of tobacco control policies is that revenue from tobacco duty is considerably higher than the health care costs smoking imposes on society. This point is true as revenue in the United Kingdom (UK) totalled £9.1 billion while recent cost...

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Main Author: Weng, Stephen Franklin
Published: University of Nottingham 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601763