tobacco affects Smoking: Effects, Risks, Diseases, Quitting & Solutions Health Risks of Tobacco Use

A 2014 CDC report found that Indiana should be spending $73.5 million, or 13% of its funds, due to its higher-than-average smoking rates more than 10 times the current $7.5 million budget to the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission

The indirect economic costs are estimated to amount to about US$ 6.8 billion (Kosen,2009)

1 Smoking during pregnancy can increase the risk for miscarriage, congenital anomalies, stillbirth, fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, placental abruption, and complications in the offspring, including sudden infant death syndrome and impaired lung function in childhood

Standard non-smokerGenerally in good health with a negative nicotine test but smokes an occasional cigar