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9/10/2024 <br />4 <br />All <br />MinnesotansPay the Price for Tobacco's Harm. <br />Commercial tobacco use remains the leading <br />cause of preventable death and disease, taking <br />the lives of more than 6,300 Minnesotans each <br />year. <br />Smoking costs the state over $9 billion a year: <br />more than $4.7 billion in excess health care costs <br />and $4.7 billion in lost productivity. <br />Every time Big Tobacco addicts another generation of <br />kids to smoking, they put all taxpayers on the hook <br />for billions of dollars in healthcare costs to treat <br />tobacco-related diseases. <br />Tobacco Industry Targeting Impacts <br />Current smoking rate among Minnesota subset populations