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Smokers cost the Wakefield district almost ?100m a year because of the price to society of tobacco-related illnesses, health bosses say.
Latest figures show smoking is a ?98m-a-year drain on the district economy ? and NHS experts are urging people to get help to quit the habit.
The annual cost of smoking includes NHS treatments and ?17.8m worth of lost working hours due to smoking-related sick leave, health experts say.
And the figures show the district?s smokers are also hitting themselves in the pocket - spending around ?105m a year on cigarettes.
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/n...ng-a-98m-hole-in-wakefield-s-pocket-1-6395288
Latest figures show smoking is a ?98m-a-year drain on the district economy ? and NHS experts are urging people to get help to quit the habit.
The annual cost of smoking includes NHS treatments and ?17.8m worth of lost working hours due to smoking-related sick leave, health experts say.
And the figures show the district?s smokers are also hitting themselves in the pocket - spending around ?105m a year on cigarettes.
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/n...ng-a-98m-hole-in-wakefield-s-pocket-1-6395288