WalletHub published a report that found how much it costs to be a smoker per year and over the course of a lifetime in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
Smoking doesn’t just cost the U.S., the habit also has a high price for the individuals who smoke.
On Wednesday, WalletHub published a report that found how much it costs to be a smoker over the course of a lifetime in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. For its report, WalletHub "calculated the potential monetary losses…brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke," the report said.
Those possible financial losses included the cost of cigarettes, the financial opportunity cost – calculated with the amount a person would have earned if they had invested the cost of cigarettes, rather than spend it on cigarettes –, health care cost per smoker, income loss per smoker, and other costs per smoker.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , about 34.2 million American adults smoke. The CDC estimates that smoking costs the U.S. more than $300 billion a year.WalletHub made its calculations based on an adult who smokes one pack of cigarettes per day, starting at age 21 through age 69, which is the average age at which a smoker dies, according to the personal finance website.
Read on to see the states – including Washington, D.C. – where the cost of smoking is most and least expensive, both in one year and for a lifetime, according to WalletHub. Washington, D.C., is the most expensive place to be a smoker in the U.S., according to WalletHub. In one year, an adult who smokes one pack of cigarettes a day spends $69,032. Over the course of a lifetime, that adds up to $3,313,530.48. New York49. Massachusetts50. Connecticut51. Washington, D.C.
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