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| February 10, 2026 |
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Californians are not inhaling over the real coast of smoking 
There are an estimated 49.2 million tobacco users in the US and many are trying to kick the habit.
The personal-finance company WalletHub has researched the out-of-pocket expense of those who are addicted. It found that Californians posted the 12th highest economic cost of smoking, Inland News Today reported. WalletHub calculated the potential monetary losses — including the lifetime and annual costs of a pack of cigarettes per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. The Financial Cost of Smoking in California • Overall state ranking for California: 12th • Out-of-Pocket Cost per Smoker – $205,159 (Rank: 14th) • Financial-Opportunity Cost per Smoker – $3,593,737 (Rank: 14th) • Health-Care Cost per Smoker – $275,120 (Rank: 12th) • Income Loss per Smoker – $832,326 (Rank: 6th) • Other Costs per Smoker – $20,975 (Rank: 46th) • Total Cost Over Lifetime per Smoker: $4,927,317 • Total Cost per Year per Smoker: $102,652 Story Date: January 15, 2026
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