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. 2009 Jan 21;18(2):150–155. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.026955

Table 4. Excessive medical spending attributable to active smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by smoking status (yuan, per capita per year).

Smoking status National Urban Rural
Active smoking
NS (reference category) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low 3.1 4.1 2.7
Medium 3.2 4.0 2.9
High 4.2 5.2 4.0
1 quit 39.2 54.5 32.9
2+ quit 64.0 84.9 51.6
Mixed 34.9 45.1 30.6
ETS
Low 13.5 14.1 13.3
Medium 13.8 14.7 13.6
High 11.9 12.2 11.8

NS, household of never-smokers; Low, low tobacco consumption (0–25% of distribution of tobacco consumption); Medium (25–75%) and high tobacco consumption (75–100%).