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MonetdryCostsof5moking in Minnesota Amounts do not include health costs caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, smoking-caused fires, spit tobacco use, or cigar and pipe smoking. Other non-health costs from tobacco use include residential and commercial property losses from smoking-caused fires (more than $500 million per year nationwide); extra cleaning and maintenance costs made necessary by tobacco smoke and litter (about $4 billion nationwide for commercial establishments alone); and additional productivity losses from smoking- caused work absences, smoking breaks, and on-the job performance declines and early termination of employment caused by smoking-caused Annual health care costs in $2.06 billion Minnesota directly caused by smoking Portion covered by the state $465 million Medicaid program Residents' state & federal tax $631 per burden from smoking-caused household government expenditures Smoking-caused productivity losses $1.20 billion in Minnesota Annual Secondhand smoke related $215.7 million medical costs, disability or illness (dollar amount listed above is just from productive work lives shortened by smoking-caused death). Tobdcco Industry Influences in Minnesota Annual tobacco industry $15.4 marketing expenditures billion nationwide Estimated portion spent for $274.3 Minnesota marketing each million year Published research studies have found that kids are twice as sensitive to tobacco advertising than adults and are more likely to be influenced to smoke by cigarette marketing than by peer pressure, and that one-third of underage experimentation with smoking is attributable to tobacco company advertising. Fact sheet adapted from: "Toll of Tobacco in Minnesota.° Campaign for Tobacco-Free Klds. http:lltobacxofreekids.org/reports/settlements/toll.php?StateID=MN. 2005. 1. Walters, Hugh R.; Foldes, Steven S.; Alescl, Nlna l.; Samet, Jon. The Economic Impact of Secondhand Smoke !n Minnesota. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health In collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, 2007.