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6. In the West Midlands in 2001, almost 63,800 smokers required hospital treatment for a total of nearly 473,000 bed days at a cost of £189m. The cost of providing outpatient and follow-up appointments for smokers with smoking-related diseases in the region is estimated to be £15m.

7. Over 12,100 smokers died because of their habit, losing a cumulative total of over 60,000 life years. Premature deaths from smoking cost the West Midlands economy £138m in 2001.

8. Second hand smoke costs the West Midlands economy a total of £2.7m every year.

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