sample="quota" bates="TIMN0342280" isource="ti" decade="1980" class="ui" date="19840000" Leu, R.E. and Schaub, T. "Economic Aspects of Smoking;" Effective Health Care; 1984. Contrary to a widely held belief, smoking hardly influenced health care costs because the higher medical care costs of smokers during their lifetime are offset by their reduced life expectancy." "...taking into account the effects of smoking on longevity produces results which are remarkably different from previous studies which have derived staggering estimates of medical care costs caused by smoking..." CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION