Holding smokers accountable for heart disease costs.
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Abstract
This article discusses escalating health care costs in terms of their principal component, cardiovascular diseases. The role of cigarette smoking is highlighted throughout. A Smoker's Accountability Trust is proposed for the prevention of nonfatal myocardial infarction. It is demonstrated that this approach can contain costs by controlling the root causes of their acceleration.
Medical subject headings
- Health Care Costs
- Heart Diseases
- Hypertension
- Myocardial Infarction
- Smoking
- Taxes