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Thursday, April 10, 2008

The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian Society in 2004/05


This booklet summarises the results of a study by Collins and Lapsley (2007) that estimates the social costs of drug abuse in Australia in the financial year 2004/05, with ‘drugs’ including alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. The study is the fourth in a series prepared for the Department of Health and Ageing by these authors; previous studies were undertaken for 1988, 1992 and the financial year 1998/99.

The full report examines the study’s methods, concentrating on the economic aspects, with three appendixes detailing the demographic, epidemiological and criminological methods used. Bibliographical details of the full report, and a list of all tables that it contains, can be found at the end of this booklet.

The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian Society in 2004/05 – Monograph Series No 64 (PDF 499 KB)

Summary Version (Monograph Series No 66): The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian Society in 2004/05 (PDF 350 KB)
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