In April, the Centers for Disease I Control and Prevention (CDC) released a first-of-its-kind study estimating the costs that could potentially be saved from prohibiting smoking in federally subsidized housing, including public housing and rental assistance programs. The study projected $521 million annually in savings, with $341 million alone coming from healthcare costs resulting from secondhand smoking. Another $108 million could be saved from smoking-related renovations and $72 million would come from smoking-related fire losses. The ban would affect almost 1.2 million households in the country. Many of the over 7 million residents of subsidized housing are children, elderly or disabled, according to the CDC, and therefore more sensitive to secondhand smoke.
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