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    The economic cost of smoking
    (2005-03) Rivera, Johann Frantz D. IV; Tan, Edita
    Since the early 1950's knowledge about the ill-effects of cigarette smoking has been continuously expanding. It has been discovered that cigarette smoking could be linked to various illnesses. Currently, the upward trend of cigarette consumption in third world countries compared to the developed countries is alarming. Statistics show that deaths caused by smoking are on the rise all over the world. The paper discusses the economic costs in the Philippines entailed by cigarette smoking because of the deaths and sickness caused by diseases directly attributed to smoking. Costs are classified into productivity losses and health care costs. These costs are computed and it was uncovered that the benefits from the tobacco industry are dwarfed by its economic costs.
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    The costs of passive smoking: focus on environmental tobacco smoke exposure in family households
    (2006-10-06) Delmendo, Lalaine; Garilva, Giselle; Tecson, Gwendolyn
    The health consequences of cigarette smoking to the smokers have been the focus of many studies in the past decades. Despite the efforts of the government to decrease the total number of smokers in the country, data shows that the prevalence of smoking has considerably increased in the past years. Consequently, as shown by studies conducted abroad, the increase in the amount of secondhand smoke in the environment gives rise to diseases related to passive smoking. This paper shows that exposed nonsmokers face a higher probability of acquiring smoking-related diseases than unexposed nonsmokers. Furthermore, the paper presents the medical costs incurred by passive smokers.