What Is The Real Cost Of Smoking In Utah?

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Smoking is just as bad for your wallet as it is your health.

Wallethub did a study of the real per-person cost of smoking in each state, and the results were actually shocking.

The study ranked the states from the least-expensive smoking states to the most-expensive by calculating the potential monetary losses- including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses, and other costs- brought on by smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke.

So where did Utah fall on this list?

Utah came in at number 34, with a total cost per smoker being around $2,253,061.

According to the study, the out of pocket cost for Utah smokers is about $118,260 in a lifetime. In just a year, Utah smokers pay around $2,464.

Here is where each state fell on the list from least-expensive to most-expensive:

  1. Mississippi
  2. Missouri
  3. Alabama
  4. North Carolina
  5. Tennessee
  6. Kentucky
  7. South Carolina
  8. Georgia
  9. Louisiana
  10. Idaho
  11. Arkansas
  12. North Dakota
  13. Wyoming
  14. West Virginia
  15. Indiana
  16. Nebraska
  17. Florida
  18. Montana
  19. Iowa
  20. Oregon
  21. Ohio
  22. South Dakota
  23. Texas
  24. Colorado
  25. Kansaas
  26. Virginia
  27. Oklahoma
  28. Michigan
  29. New Mexico
  30. Nevada
  31. Maine
  32. New Hampshire
  33. Delaware
  34. Utah
  35. Arizona
  36. Wisconsin
  37. Maryland
  38. Pennsylvania
  39. New Jersey
  40. Vermont
  41. Illinois
  42. California
  43. Washington
  44. Alaska
  45. Minnesota
  46. Hawaii
  47. Rhode Island
  48. Connecticut
  49. New York
  50. District of Columbia
  51. Massachusetts

To see the full study, click here.

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