This statistic compares U.S. tobacco revenues and tobacco prevention spending and tobacco health costs in fiscal year 2018. In that year, some 721 million U.S. dollars were spent on preventing tobacco use, while at the same time over 27 billion U.S. dollars of revenue was generated through tobacco taxes. The annual smoking caused health costs as of this time was approximately 170 billion dollars.
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This statistic compares U.S. tobacco revenues and tobacco prevention spending and tobacco health costs in fiscal year 2018. In that year, some 721 million U.S. dollars were spent on preventing tobacco use, while at the same time over 27 billion U.S. dollars of revenue was generated through tobacco taxes. The annual smoking caused health costs as of this time was approximately 170 billion dollars.
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This statistic compares U.S. tobacco revenues and tobacco prevention spending and tobacco health costs in fiscal year 2018. In that year, some 721 million U.S. dollars were spent on preventing tobacco use, while at the same time over 27 billion U.S. dollars of revenue was generated through tobacco taxes. The annual smoking caused health costs as of this time was approximately 170 billion dollars.
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