Table 3.
Mean annual health care costs in smokers vs. non-smokers, 2025 US dollars
| Smokers | Non-smokers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author/year | Sample analyzed | Mean annual medical costs (SD), in 2025 US dollars |
Sample analyzed | Mean annual medical costs (SD), in 2025 US dollars |
| Tiihonen et al. 2012 [12] | 493 |
10,368 (21,909) |
1,483 |
7,040 (20,318) |
| Izumi et al. 2001 [13] | 21,098 |
6,211 (3,687) |
22,310 |
5,284 (3,189) |
| Isaranuwatchai et al. 2018 [14]a | 3,606 |
5,470 (6,936) |
14,911 |
4,547 (6,519) |
| Alefan et al. 2019 [15] | 187 |
3,726 (5,594) |
469 |
4,184 (14,696) |
| Vynckier et al. 2025 [16] | 1,131 | 3,520 | 4,171 | 3,332 |
| Cowan et al. 2011[17] | 15,397 |
4,885 (12,186) |
5,355 |
4,060 (11,154) |
| Swedler et al. 2019 [18] | 19,716,719 |
5,969 (1,338,485) |
206,862,703 |
5,781 (2,651,830) |
| Sari et al. 2016 [19] | 180 |
2,323 (1,920) |
178 |
1,176 (865) |
| Suárez-Bonel et al. 2015 [20] | 250 |
1,297.1 (730.3) |
250 |
724.41 (496.6) |
| Wacker et al. 2013 [21] | 468 |
3,052 (1,322) |
1,278 |
3,279.6 (1,069.7) |
aMean monthly costs