New Jersey 2017 State Highlights!
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Tobacco use results in 11,800 deaths annually in NJ adults, with 143,000 children under the age of 18 predicted to die prematurely due to smoking. Each year, tobacco use accounts for $4.06 billion in health care costs ($1.17 billion paid for by NJ Medicaid) and $3.15 billion in lost productivity. Decreased funding for the NJ Quitline has the potential to impact reach and increase the number of individuals at risk for continued tobacco addiction, tobacco-related disease, and premature death. The pie graph at the bottom of the last page represents the percentage of quitline callers who were Medicaid enrollees, had behavioral health conditions and had chronic health conditions.
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