Smoking costs Ireland €20bn as new study warns of years of lost life and productivity

The research found smokers will lose nearly five million years of life and 2.5 million years of productivity.

Current smokers in Ireland cost healthcare services around €20.2 billion, according to a recent study.

Researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences found that smokers will lose nearly five million years of life and 2.5 million years of productivity.