Introduction Tobacco smoking causes about 13,000 deaths in Scotland each year, making smoking the single most preventable cause of premature mortality and ill health . ... The current cost to the NHS of treating such patents currently stands at £1.7 billion per year.11 As a result, smoking was made an NHS priority in the government policy "Health Education in Scotland - 1991- and "Scotland's Health - A challenge to us all - 1992-.4 In these reports aims for a 30% reduction of smokers aged 12-24 years and a reduction of 20% in the number of smokers aged 25-65 by the year 2000 ...

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This estimate does not include neonatal health care costs. Direct neonatal health care costs attributable to maternal smoking that were paid by Medicaid in 1996 are estimated to be more than $227 million. ... Hence, as they enter a new decade and a new century, reducing national smoking rates in pregnancy remains a national public health priority. ... Methodology Evaluation Concerns While controlled research studies indicate tobacco control strategies with the potential to reduce teenage tobacco use when applied more widely, evaluation of the extent to which they achieve these aims when imp...

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However, by the early 20th century, with the growth in cigarette smoking, articles addressing the health effects of smoking began to appear in scientific and medical journals. ... Current bans on smoking, like smoking in public places in Kansas, stand as evidence that smoking bans improve overall health in a certain area. ... Dept. of Health). ... Dept. of Health). ... Dept. of Health). ...

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