Added Health Care Costs of Smoking and Obesity (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Added Health Care Costs of Smoking and Obesity

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Obesity and smoking add significantly to Americans' health care costs, researchers found, and the overall trend is upward.

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Julie McMahon, University of Illinois

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