The annual cost of smoking to individuals, public services and the wider UK economy is £93bn, while the direct cost of smoking to the UK public finances in 2023 was £21.9bn, with a net cost of £13.5bn.
Alongside the letter, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has published an impact calculator allowing local NHS services to assess the value to their local systems of supporting smokers to quit as part of services established in the ‘NHS Long Term Plan’. Nationally, they estimate that if NHSE was investing in these services at the original planned level, the NHS could avoid a further £33m in costs from reduced admissions and other benefits of smokers quitting.
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