Predictive validation and forecasts of short-term changes in healthcare expenditure associated with changes in smoking behavior in the United States

• James Lightwood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Steve Anderson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations JPMorgan Chase & Co., San Francisco, California, United States of America, Analytical Steve Consulting, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Stanton A. Glantz

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Stanton.Glantz@ucsf.edu

  Affiliations Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4620-6672

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