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Smoking is costly With the societal and economic costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on....The Real Cost of Smoking by State. To encourage the estimated 36.5 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the habit,analysts calculated the potential monetary losses —including the lifetime and annual costs of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. The Financial Cost of Smoking in Tennessee * Out-of-Pocket Cost per Smoker – $93,075 (7th nationally) * Health-Care Cost per Smoker – $124,329 (Rank: 5th) * Income Loss per Smoker – $184,494 (Rank: 8th) * Total Cost Over a Lifetime per Smoker: $1.2 million * Total Cost per Year per Smoker: $23,461
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US 411 Project News
Mill Creek Wildfire Update
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Mill Creek Wildfire doubles in size
Goodbye Smokies?
Keep Cocke County Beautiful
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Gas prices drop
Tennessee keeps all US House seats
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