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

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This monograph estimates the total social costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use to the Australian Community in 2004-05.

Report prepared by David J. Collins, Macquarie University and Helen M Lapsley, University of Queensland and University of New South Wales for the Department of Health and Ageing
2008


The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian Society in 2004/05 – Monograph Series No 64 - HTML version

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

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