Health care costs related to smoking rise in Wisconsin

WISCONSIN - Health care costs related to smoking cigarettes continue to rise in Wisconsin, according to a recent University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee study.

Smoking costs the state about $4.62 billion in health care dollars. Fifteen percent of state deaths of adults ages 35 and older are smoking related.

But the overall smoking rates in the state are the lowest they've ever been.

Full story: WJFW

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