Tobacco Control Yields Clear Dividends for Health and Wealth
Open Access
- 16 September 2008
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (9) , e189
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050189
Abstract
Kelley Lee discusses a research article by Stanton Glantz and colleagues reporting that investment in tobacco control programs leads to substantial savings in health care expenditures.Keywords
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