Table 7. Economic consequences of smoking and potential effects of price increase– 2017.

Category	CLP (millions)	U$D (millions)	Source
Total health expenditure (THE)	14,220,119	21,900	WDI, WB
Gross domestic product (GDP)	180,211,290	277,534	WDI, WB
Tobacco-tax collection	978,696	1,507
Smoking-attributable direct costs of treatment	1,146,863	1,766	[31]
Treatment costs as % of GDP		0.64%
Treatment costs as % of THE		8.07%
% of costs recovered with taxes		85.34%
Scenarios for price increase: 10 years effect for different % increase
% increase in final price of a package	25%	50%	75%
Deaths prevented	6,833	13,665	20,498
Heart disease avoided	5,977	11,955	17,932
Number of Strokes avoided	3,804	7,607	11,411
New cases of cancer avoided	3,893	7,786	11,679
New cases of COPD avoided	17,248	34,496	51,743
DALYs avoided	180,238	360,476	540,713
Health costs avoided (millions of CLP)	471,252	942,504	1,413,756
Increase in tax collection (millions of CLP)	1,335,276	2,052,895	2,152,860
Total economic benefit (millions of CLP)	1,806,528	2,995,399	3,566,616
Health costs avoided (millions of U$D)	726	1,452	2,177
Increase in tax collection (millions of U$D)	2,056	3,162	3,316
Total economic benefit (millions of U$D)	2,782	4,613	5,493

CLP: Chilean pesos, DALY: disability-adjusted life-years, GDP: gross domestic product, THE: total health expenditure, U$D: US dollars, WB: World Bank, WDI: World Development Indicators