Annual U.S. healthcare expenditures attributable to cigar smoking between 2001 and 2018, overall and by payer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2022, 3.7% of U.S. adults currently smoked cigars. This study assesses cigar-smoking-attributable fractions in U.S. healthcare expenditures and associated annual healthcare expenditures overall and by payer, including publicly funded healthcare programs.

Methods

Data were obtained from the 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015-2017 National Health Interview Survey linked with corresponding panels from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data through 2018. The final sample (n = 53,733) was restricted to adults aged 25 + . Estimates from four-part models and data from the Personal Health Care component of the 2001-2018 National Health Expenditures Accounts were combined to estimate fractions of and annual healthcare expenditures attributable to cigar smoking. All models co

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668525 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature