Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jun;44(6):631–634. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.024

Table 1.

Estimated annual cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in U.S. subsidized housing, by cost type

All subsidized housing
Public housing only
Cost type Cost savings ($ million) Sensitivity analysis range ($ million) Cost savings ($ million) Sensitivity analysis range ($ million)
Secondhand smoke–related health care 341 169–611 101 50–181

Renovation of units where smoking is permitted 108 61–169 32 18–50

Smoking-attributable fires 72 41–113 21 12–33

Total 521 270–892 154 80–265