James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the expenditure on treatment of the consequences of smoking per annum; the way this figure is arrived at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40003/09]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Figures from the World Bank suggest that the annual health care costs attributed to smoking account for between 6 and 15 per cent of total health care costs.