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Almost $500 million could be saved annually by making subsidized housing smoke-free - Press Release

October 2, 2014

Prohibiting smoking in all government subsidized housing in the United States, including public housing, would save an estimated $497 million per year in health care and housing-related costs, according to a CDC study published in Preventing Chronic Disease.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308555