吸煙的代價(jià):只要戒煙,每年能買輛新車
吸煙能致命,首先遭殃就是荷包“失血”。研究早已證明,對(duì)尼古丁成癮有害身體健康,一項(xiàng)新分析證明吸煙還會(huì)嚴(yán)重影響人們的財(cái)務(wù)健康。 上周三,個(gè)人理財(cái)網(wǎng)站W(wǎng)alletHub公布的分析稱,美國康涅狄格州的煙民一年要為吸煙耗資將近5.6萬美元,終其一生要消費(fèi)280萬美元。按煙民的財(cái)務(wù)成本計(jì)算,康涅狄格是美國吸煙消費(fèi)最高的州。 WalletHub的分析考察了一年內(nèi)和畢生時(shí)間里煙民的吸煙成本,再逐個(gè)州統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù),其中也考慮了一些變量,因?yàn)槊總€(gè)州的煙草價(jià)格和稅各不相同,健康問題導(dǎo)致的醫(yī)療成本和收入損失也各異。 據(jù)美國疾病預(yù)防控制中心(CDC)統(tǒng)計(jì),一年內(nèi)美國整體吸煙成本超過3000億美元。 WalletHub的研究還指出了與吸煙有關(guān)的死亡數(shù)據(jù)。據(jù)美國醫(yī)務(wù)總監(jiān)報(bào)告,1964年以來,吸煙相關(guān)的疾病已經(jīng)造成超過2000萬美國人死亡,其中250萬人并不是煙民,但受到了二手煙的影響。吸煙是肺癌的首要致病因,還會(huì)引發(fā)慢性支氣管炎和肺氣腫等健康問題。 電子煙可能導(dǎo)致類似危害,不過眾說紛紜。Juul等電子煙廠商聲稱,電子煙比傳統(tǒng)吸煙方式更安全。但一些研究顯示,雖然電子煙不含尼古丁,電子煙煙民體內(nèi)的有毒化學(xué)物質(zhì)跟抽普通煙的煙民一樣多。電子煙往往用丙二醇和丙三醇等化學(xué)物質(zhì)保存香氣,吸引消費(fèi)者棄用傳統(tǒng)香煙,改抽電子煙。由于電子煙在青少年中非常流行,美國食品與藥品管理局(FDA)正考慮禁止在網(wǎng)上銷售電子煙。 不過,煙草方面還是有些好消息的。2018年,美國成年煙民人數(shù)達(dá)到了歷史新低。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)) 譯者:Pessy 審校:夏林 |
Smoking kills people, but the habit gets their wallets first. While research has long proven a nicotine addiction causes harm to one’s health, new analysis proves it causes serious damage to financial health too. Smokers in Connecticut, the state that ranks highest in terms of the financial cost of cigarette smoking, are spending nearly $56,000 annually on their habit, according to new analysis published last Wednesday by personal finance website WalletHub. Over their lifetimes, smokers in Connecticut are spending more than $2.8 million. WalletHub’s analysis looks at the cost of smoking over both a year and a lifetime of tobacco use. The totals are broken down by state, which accounts for variables such as tobacco prices and taxes, as well as healthcare costs and income loss due to related health issues. Looking at the United States as a whole, smoking costs the country over $300 billion annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The WalletHub study also points to the mortality figures associated with smoking. The U.S. Surgeon General reports that since 1964, smoking-related illnesses have claimed the lives of more than 20 million Americans, and 2.5 million of those were non-smokers who suffered the effects of secondhand smoke. Smoking is a leading cause of lung cancer, and smoking also causes health issues such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This may also be true for e-cigarettes, though the jury is still out. While e-cig producers such as Juul say vaping is safer than traditional smoking, some studies have shown that people who smoke e-cigs have the same toxic chemicals in their bodies as regular cigarette smokers, even when the e-cigs don’t contain nicotine. Chemicals such aspropylene glycol and glycerin are used in e-cigs to preserve the flavor, the very thing that seems to motivate people to opt for vaping over cigarette smoking. Vaping has become so popular with teens, the FDA is considering a ban on online e-cigarette sales. There is at least some good news on the tobacco front, though. Smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to an all-time low in 2018. |