Exhibit 6-6: Premature Deaths Avoided From Redused Consumption 1.310.140 20.303 100.00% 2.500.460 61.200 seed consumption rate applies only to ametsere after reducing the current emoting population to account for these that quit or fail to initiate ameting. imum proportional reduction in mortality is equal to the percent reduction in consumption, and is assumed to be reached in 80 years (PRM factor-100%). The time is assumed to be the same as for quining Note: EPA does not believe that discounting physical effects such as premature deaths or live years extended has any meaning. Only monetary values should be discounted. Discounting physical effects is done above only for analytic convenience and to display discounting methodology. Exhibit 6-9: Excess Medical Costs per Smoking Related Premature Death 1. Excess medical costs for the 1985 population of ever smokers versus never 2. Exoses medical costs provided by Hodges are discounted by 3%. To obtain the Source: Hodges (1992) Exhibit 6-10: Costs Per Smoking Related Premature Death and Life Years Lost 2. Estimated daily earnings of smokers (see Exhibit 5-2) mes 260 days times 1.2 to account for earnings after 66. Exhibit 6-11: Annual Savings Due To Changes in Smoking Behavior 1. provided here only for those interested. These are not included in evaluation of benefits. See text. |