Table 3.

Indirect costs of tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco (ST)-related cancers in US$

Type of cancer	Absenteeism cost	Cost due to premature mortality	Total Indirect cost
Smoking
Lip, oral, cavity, pharynx	7 637 854	9 837 834	17 475 688
Oesophagus	1 830 603	4 111 458	5 942 062
Stomach	305 345	1 340 760	1 646 106
Pancreas	125 017	469 784	594 802
Larynx	2 653 973	0	2 653 973
Trachea, lung, bronchus	6 533 592	15 777 822	22 311 414
Cervix, uterine	2671	950	3621
Urinary bladder	1 315 914	983 093	2 299 007
Kidney and renal pelvis	155 718	0	155 718
Breast	110 946	12 397	123 343
Liver	158 900	3 02 492	461 392
Colorectal	336 092	332 995	669 087
Total indirect cost for smoking	21 166 628	33 169 587	54 336 215
ST
Lip, oral, cavity, pharynx	7 861 888	9 602 394	17 464 282
Oesophagus	3 012 494	4 203 925	7 216 419
Total indirect cost for ST	10 874 382	13 806 319	24 680 701