Challenges 1995 Estimated DoD Costs of Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse

Costs

Alcohol

Tobacco

Direct Medical

$592M*

$584M

Productivity

Loss (AD)

$12.7M

$346M

Attributable

Deaths

3%**

16%

* Excludes $132M Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

** Excludes injuries, suicides, homicide

IG Report No. 97-150 and Helyer, A. J. et. al., (1998). Economic Consequences of Tobacco Use for the Department of Defense, 1995, Mil Med, 163, 4: 217.

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