When that habit continues, it ends up costing your State billions of dollars. How? Most often, the hidden cost of drinking alcohol came from:
- Health care expenses
- Motor vehicle crash costs
- Property damage
- Decreased workplace productivity
- Criminal justice expenses
As a result of smoking, many Americans pay over $10,000 a year more than they need to dealing with:
- Life Insurance: Smokers have a greater risk of dying at a younger age than non smokers and this risk is reflected in higher life insurance premium payments.
- Health Insurance: Smokers have a greater risk of medical problems than non smokers and this risk is reflected in their medical insurance premium payments.
- Health Care: Since smokers frequently have more medical problems than non smokers, they must pay more to take care of these problems.
- Medications: More medical problems for smokers usually results more prescription medicine taken by smokers than non smokers.
- Home Owner's Insurance: Smokers have a greater risk of burning down their house than non smokers and this risk is reflected in higher home owner's insurance premium payments.
- Value of the House: Smoking leaves a bad smell in a house thus decreasing the value to potential buyers.
- Value of Your Possessions: Just as with the house, smoking leaves a bad smell to many of the items in your house thus decreasing their value.
- Car Insurance: Smokers have a greater risk of getting into a car accident than non smokers and this risk is reflected in their car insurance premium payments.
- Car Resale Value: Smoking leaves a bad smell in a car thus decreasing the value to potential buyers or when traded-in for another car.
- Earn Less Money: Studies have found that smokers earn between 4% to 11% less money than their non smoking counterparts.
- Less Social Security / Pension Benefits: Since smokers earn less than non smokers, they receive less overall social security and pensions benefits than non smokers.
- Cost of Cleaning: Whether its the inside of their home, the inside of their car or their clothes, smokers have to spend more to keep things clean.
- Dental Care: Smokers spend more on dental care and special dental products than non smokers.
- Lost Interest: All the extra money that smokers must spend means that money can't be saved resulting in lost interest.
While we spend nearly $500 billion grocery shopping, you won't believe how much is spent on things we don't really
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