Smoking costs Ireland €20 billion in healthcare as study reveals massive life and productivity losses

Smoking costs Ireland €20 billion in healthcare as study reveals massive life and productivity losses

Current smokers in Ireland are costing the healthcare system approximately €20.2 billion, while facing the loss of nearly five million years of life and 2.5 million years of productivity, according to a major new study. Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences analyzed the long-term health and societal impacts of tobacco smoking using … Read more