The cost of smoking

WalletHub calculated the potential monetary losses — including the lifetime and annual costs of a pack of cigarettes per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.
 

States with the Highest Smoking Costs	States with the Lowest Smoking Costs
1. District of Columbia	42. Georgia
2. Maryland	43. North Dakota
3. New York	44. South Carolina
4. Connecticut	45. West Virginia
5. Rhode Island	46. Kentucky
6. Massachusetts	47. Tennessee
7. Hawaii	48. Alabama
8. Washington	49. Missouri
9. Alaska	50. North Carolina
10. New Jersey	51. Mississippi

Key Stats

• The estimated lifetime cost of smoking is nearly $4.3 million per smoker.
   
• The average out-of-pocket cost per smoker is $179,745 over a lifetime. Smokers in New York will pay the most, shelling out 1.8 times more than smokers in North Carolina, who pay the least.
   
• Each smoker will lose an average of $675,601 income over a lifetime. Smokers in the District of Columbia will lose the most income – 1.9 times more than in Mississippi, where smokers will lose the least income.
   
• Each smoker will incur an average of $232,498 in smoking-related health care costs over a lifetime. Smokers in the District of Columbia will pay the highest amount – 2.9 times more than in Tennessee, where smokers will pay the lowest amount.
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