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Background: Smoking is one of the biggest avoidable causes of morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. This paper quantifies the current health and economic burden of smoking in the UK. It provides comparisons with previous studies of the burden of smoking in the UK and with the costs for other chronic disease risk factors. Methods: A systematic literature review to identify previous estimates of National Health Service costs attributable to smoking was undertaken. Information from the ...
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/tc.2008.026294
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Tobacco Control Journal website
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 262-267
- Publication date:
- 2009-08-05
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1468-3318
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uuid:1db6f447-885d-4a2c-9b88-b6da7a7508d8
- Local pid:
- ora:3642
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- English
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- S. Allender et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Allender, S. et al. (2009). 'The burden of smoking-related ill health in the UK', Tobacco Control, 18(4), 262-267. The definitive copyedited, typeset version is available online at: http://tc.bmj.com
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The burden of smoking-related ill health in the UK
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