<p>They’ve already done studies regarding the Economic impact of smoking.</p>
<p>The savings in SS is actually much smaller than the healthcare cost of providing services to smokers who have health issues.</p>
<p>[Annual</a> Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs — United States, 1995–1999](<a href=“http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htm]Annual”>Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs --- United States, 1995--1999)</p>
<p>Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs — United States, 1995–1999</p>
<p>During 1995–1999, the average annual mortality-related productivity losses attributable to smoking for adults were $81.9 billion (Table 2). In 1998, smoking-attributable personal health-care medical expenditures were $75.5 billion.</p>