Article: Cost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong

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TitleCost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong
AuthorsMcGhee, SM2
Ho, LM2
Lapsley, HM1
Chau, J2
Cheung, WL2
Ho, SY2
Pow, M2
Lam, TH2
Hedley, AJ2
Issue Date2006
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://tc.bmjjournals.com/
CitationTobacco Control, 2006, v. 15 n. 2, p. 125-130 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.013292
AbstractBackground: Costs of tobacco-related disease can be useful evidence to support tobacco control. In Hong Kong we now have locally derived data on the risks of smoking, including passive smoking. Aim: To estimate the health-related costs of tobacco from both active and passive smoking. Methods: Using local data, we estimated active and passive smoking-attributable mortality, hospital admissions, outpatient, emergency and general practitioner visits for adults and children, use of nursing homes and domestic help, time lost from work due to illness and premature mortality in the productive years. Morbidity risk data were used where possible but otherwise estimates based on mortality risks were used. Utilisation was valued at unit costs or from survey data. Work time lost was valued at the median wage and an additional costing included a value of US$1.3 million for a life lost. Results: In the Hong Kong population of 6.5 million in 1998, the annual value of direct medical costs, long term care and productivity loss was US$532 million for active smoking and US$156 million for passive smoking; passive smoking accounted for 23% of the total costs. Adding the value of attributable lives lost brought the annual cost to US$9.4 billion. Conclusion: The health costs of tobacco use are high and represent a net loss to society. Passive smoking increases these costs by at least a quarter. This quantification of the costs of tobacco provides strong motivation for legislative action on smoke-free areas in the Asia Pacific Region and elsewhere.
ISSN0964-4563
2011 Impact Factor: 3.011
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.146
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.013292
PubMed Central IDPMC2563564
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorMcGhee, SM
dc.contributor.authorHo, LM
dc.contributor.authorLapsley, HM
dc.contributor.authorChau, J
dc.contributor.authorCheung, WL
dc.contributor.authorHo, SY
dc.contributor.authorPow, M
dc.contributor.authorLam, TH
dc.contributor.authorHedley, AJ
dc.date.accessioned2007-10-30T06:26:38Z
dc.date.available2007-10-30T06:26:38Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractBackground: Costs of tobacco-related disease can be useful evidence to support tobacco control. In Hong Kong we now have locally derived data on the risks of smoking, including passive smoking. Aim: To estimate the health-related costs of tobacco from both active and passive smoking. Methods: Using local data, we estimated active and passive smoking-attributable mortality, hospital admissions, outpatient, emergency and general practitioner visits for adults and children, use of nursing homes and domestic help, time lost from work due to illness and premature mortality in the productive years. Morbidity risk data were used where possible but otherwise estimates based on mortality risks were used. Utilisation was valued at unit costs or from survey data. Work time lost was valued at the median wage and an additional costing included a value of US$1.3 million for a life lost. Results: In the Hong Kong population of 6.5 million in 1998, the annual value of direct medical costs, long term care and productivity loss was US$532 million for active smoking and US$156 million for passive smoking; passive smoking accounted for 23% of the total costs. Adding the value of attributable lives lost brought the annual cost to US$9.4 billion. Conclusion: The health costs of tobacco use are high and represent a net loss to society. Passive smoking increases these costs by at least a quarter. This quantification of the costs of tobacco provides strong motivation for legislative action on smoke-free areas in the Asia Pacific Region and elsewhere.
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dc.identifier.citationTobacco Control, 2006, v. 15 n. 2, p. 125-130 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.013292
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.013292
dc.identifier.epage130
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000236254300017
dc.identifier.issn0964-4563
2011 Impact Factor: 3.011
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.146
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC2563564
dc.identifier.pmid16565461
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-33645567786
dc.identifier.spage125
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/45467
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://tc.bmjjournals.com/
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofTobacco Control
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsTobacco Control. Copyright © B M J Publishing Group.
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subject.meshHealth-Care-Costs
dc.subject.meshSmoking-economics
dc.subject.meshTobacco-Smoke-Pollution-economics
dc.subject.meshTobacco-Use-Disorder-economics
dc.titleCost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. University of Queensland
  2. The University of Hong Kong