Cost Burden for Selected Outcomes Outcome Estimated Annual Cost Cost Current as of Sources and Year Alcohol abuse $185 billion 1998 Harwood, 2000
Smoking $138 billion 1995 Rice, 1999 Obesity/overweight $ 79 billion 1998 Finkelstein et al., 2003 Drug abuse $161 billion 2000 Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2001 Poverty $500 billion 2007* Holzer, 2007
- If not otherwise specified, we have assumed the years’ dollars are the same as the publication year
Via Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger
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