A comprehensive economic assessment of the health effects of tobacco use and implications for tobacco control in Bangladesh.

Background: Despite modest progress in reducing tobacco use, tobacco remains one of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh.

Methods: Using disease-specific, prevalence-based, cost-of-illness approach, this research estimated the economic costs of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke based on data collected from a nationally representative survey of 10 119 households in 2018.

Results: The study estimated that 1.