Abstract
Smoking is a health problem, the costs of which include sickness, pain, grief and misery. But tobacco use also imposes a significant economic burden on society. One efficient way to assess the adverse health effects of smoking on a society is to translate smoking-caused illnesses, premature mortality, and productivity losses into economic terms, a universal marker for measuring the adverse effects of smoking. Due to the high proportion of smokers, Latvia faces high male mortality from smoking-related diseases; life expectancy for men in the age group 35–64 years is 2.44 years less than for non-smokers in the same age group, losing 37% of total lost years of life and therefore the government loses approximately 45 88346 Euro per year from YPLL from smoking related diseases.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | SHS Web of Conferences |
Subtitle of host publication | 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY. HEALTH. WELFARE |
Editors | Aivars Vētra, Lolita Vilka |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 30 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "Society. Health. Welfare" - Riga, Latvia Duration: 26 Nov 2014 → 28 Nov 2014 Conference number: 5 |
Publication series
Name | SHS Web of Conferences |
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ISSN (Print) | 2261-2424 |
Conference
Conference | 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "Society. Health. Welfare" |
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Country/Territory | Latvia |
City | Riga |
Period | 26/11/14 → 28/11/14 |
Keywords*
- Smoking
- socio-economic burden
- YPLL
- working-age population
Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database