5 ms·
Which government is yours? Everything I've read is that smokers have lower total healthcare costs since they die earlier and tend to have sudden deaths instead
by Simon_says 9y ago
Which government is yours? Everything I've read is that smokers have lower total healthcare costs since they die earlier and tend to have sudden deaths instead of lingering around using healthcare services.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/22/alcohol-obesity-and-smoking-do-not-cost-health-care-systems-money/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/22/alcohol-...
- eksemplar 9y agoDanish, smokers are 8,3 billion DKR more costly a year than non smokers. http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3106811 http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3106811 The municipality where I work operates in a 3 billion yearly budget by comparison. So you could run more two and a half cities with 50.000 people for a year for the money smokers cost us.
- Simon_says 9y agoPer year, yea. But smokers live shorter lives. That's why I referenced the lifetime total expenditures.
- eksemplar 9y agoYou misunderstand, it's what they cost extra compared to non-smokers, agelengths included.
- Simon_says 9y agoWell, maybe. I can't read whatever language that article is in, but I Google Translated it, and it appears to only talk about per year costs. If you disagree, would it be possible to give a quote from the article?