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Table 4 Costs of acute care hospital days attributable to smoking, alcohol consumption and illegal drug use in Canada, 2002

From: Smoking-attributable morbidity: acute care hospital diagnoses and days of treatment in Canada, 2002

 

Acute care hospital days costs (in millions dollars)

Smoking

2551.2

Alcohol consumption

1458.6

Illegal drug use

426.4

  1. Source: Rehm J, Baliunas D, Brochu S, Fischer F, Gnam W, Patra J, Popova S, Sarnocinska-Hart A, Taylor B. The costs of substance abuse in Canada 2002. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. Ottawa, 2006. ISBN 1-896323-92-8
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