Assessment of Medical and Social Consequences and Economic Losses Associated with Smoking

Smoking is an acute medical and social problem for health, associated with a large scale of spread and frequency of consequences in the form of chronic non-communicable diseases and pathological changes in almost all functional systems and organs, mental health disorders, as well as premature mortality of people around the world. The aim of this study was to assess the health and social consequences and economic damage associated with tobacco Smoking. The study analyzed the prevalence of tobacco Smoking among the population in different age and social groups, taking into account the peculiarities of the tobacco market in Russia, as well as an assessment of the direct economic burden of Smoking-related diseases and the medical and social consequences of tobacco abuse among people with more than 5 years of Smoking experience.