
How Much Does Smoking Cost Minnesotans In 2025?
The folks at WalletHub recently launched a study to find out just how much smoking cost the country and it's individual states socially and economically.
There are currently estimated to be 46 million tobacco users in the United States who cost the country more than $600 billion per year, according to WalletHub.
The study "calculated 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 secondhand smoke."
“Smoking has greatly declined in the U.S. in recent decades, but nearly 50 million people still use tobacco products. Buying cigarettes for your entire adult life can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, but that number pales in comparison to the hidden costs of smoking," said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. "Over a lifetime, smokers lose out on millions of dollars they could have made if they’d invested the money they spent on tobacco. Smokers also tend to have lower wages, higher health care costs and higher home insurance premiums.”
Minnesota's $4.7 million per smoker is seventh-highest on WalletHub's list of 'The Real Cost Of Smoking By State' survey. The state ranked seventh in out-of-pocket cost ($210,941); seventh in financial opportunity cost ($3.6 million), 17th in healthcare cost per smoker ($207,172) and 14th in income lost per smoker ($728,464).
New York was the most expensive state per smoker at $5.4 million per smoker, while South Carolina was the cheapest at $3.1 million per smoker.
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