[HartleyMBaldwin]

They break down the loss to each state and come up with an average of $1100 annually, according to how they consider it. By doing some math, and using just the 50 states, that comes to $55K a year.

Well, no. They're talking about $1,100 of lost income for each person, not $1,100 for an entire state. The total figure cited is $892 billion, not $55,000.

Of course, even if you take the population of the entire U.S. as 350,000,000 and multiply that by $1,100, the total is only $385 billion. I don't know where the other half-trillion is supposed to be coming from, and I'm not going to click on the link to the Lance-It to find out.

[whitney69]

“The total figure cited is $892 billion, not $55,000.”

From the article:

“This economic modeling study is one of the first to provide a comprehensive measure of economic loss from cigarette smoking on a state-by-state level. On average, STATES LOST $1100 PER CAPITA ANNUALLY from cigarette smoking.”

The figures you are seeing by their admittance in the article, is not displayed as per person, but per state at their $1100 mark average. And 50 states at that average per state is $55K. If the article is written wrong, then so be it. But that’s what it says.

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