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Smokers have lower health care costs because they die younger, avoiding some of the very expensive end of life treatments that are typical of heart failure and
by will4274 8y ago
Smokers have lower health care costs because they die younger, avoiding some of the very expensive end of life treatments that are typical of heart failure and cancer patients.
- jjeaff 8y agoVery interesting. But I wonder if that takes into account the time value of money. If you saved that health care money up front, it could balloon to a lot more in the years leading up to what would have been an earlier death of the smoker. And that also assumes we won't get better at treating and prolonging life for things like lung cancer.