Our estimates are consistent with a large body of evidence documenting the detrimental impact of tobacco spending on household budgets, particularly for the most disadvantaged socioeconomic categories.17 An analysis of A/NZ census data has estimated that among low-income households with at least one member who smokes, up to 14% of the non-housing budget was spent on tobacco.18 Similar findings have been reported in other high-income countries19 as well as low-income20 21 and middle-income countries.22 23 A recent modelling study evaluating the economic loss attributable to cigarette smoking in the USA estimated the total loss in annual population income in 2020 at US$735.1 billion.3 In A/NZ, smoking is strongly concentrated among Indigenous Mori and people on low incomes24
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Respiratory Damage Smoking wrecks lungs, contributing to diseases like emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and worse