The prevalence and the socio - economic costs of smoking among the working age population in Latvia

A. Kokarevica

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20163000025

The prevalence and the socio - economic costs of smoking among the working age population in Latvia

A. Kokarevica

Rīga Stradiņš University

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20163000025
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

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Name	SHS Web of Conferences
ISSN (Print)	2261-2424

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Conference	5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "Society. Health. Welfare"
Country/Territory	Latvia
City	Riga
Period	26/11/14 → 28/11/14

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Smoking
socio-economic burden
YPLL
working-age population

Field of Science*

3.3 Health sciences

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3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Kokarevica, A 2016, The prevalence and the socio - economic costs of smoking among the working age population in Latvia. in A Vētra & L Vilka (eds), SHS Web of Conferences: 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY. HEALTH. WELFARE. vol. 30, 00025, SHS Web of Conferences, 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "Society. Health. Welfare", Riga, Latvia, 26/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20163000025

The prevalence and the socio - economic costs of smoking among the working age population in Latvia. / Kokarevica, A.
SHS Web of Conferences: 5th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY. HEALTH. WELFARE. ed. / Aivars Vētra; Lolita Vilka. Vol. 30 2016. 00025 (SHS Web of Conferences).

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The prevalence and the socio - economic costs of smoking among the working age population in Latvia

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