This is from 1989 but the short answer is that overall, a smokers contribution through sales/sin tax outweighs their increased healthcare cost that you’re subsi

This is from 1989 but the short answer is that overall, a smokers contribution through sales/sin tax outweighs their increased healthcare cost that you’re subsidizing. Factor in the increased life expectancy, ballooning healthcare costs, increased sin taxes and the cost of elderly care since then and you should probably buy a carton of cigarettes for a co-worker as a thank-you gift! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236303517_The_Taxes_of_Sin_Do_Smokers_and_Drinkers_Pay_Their_Way https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236303517_The_Taxes...