US health costs go up in smoke
Thursday 07 July 1994 23:02 BST
CommentsAtlanta - A federal health agency said yesterday that smoking cost the US health care system dollars 50bn ( pounds 32bn) last year, or about dollars 2.06 for each of the 24 billion packets of cigarettes sold. Reuter
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