Mississippi Medicaid tobacco-related cost Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy) Cost of Illness Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- economics Smoking -- economics Tobacco Use -- economics Tobacco Use Disorder -- economics The negative effects of tobacco usage on health have been well studied, and there is a growing body of evidence documenting the increased risk for specific diseases associated with tobacco use. This higher risk calculates into greater health care costs for treating these diseases, much of which is paid by public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers with The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to review Mississippi Medicaid claims data and quantify the financial impact of tobacco use on Mississippi's Medicaid program. This issue brief summarizes Hilltop's findings and explores associated policy implications. Jackson, MS : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, December 2018 Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101744694-pdf 101744694 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101744694 English Mississippi United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0