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Smokers and the obese are cheaper to care for (study)
- AltIvan 15y agoJust put a bullet inside their heads right now and they will be EXTREMLY cheap for the goverment! 100% guaranteed! I mean... seriously... wtf.
- tzs 15y agoThe title (which comes from the original article, so blame the Times, not the submitter) is a bit misleading. A living smoker or obese person generally costs more to care for than a living non-smoker, non-obese person of the same age, according to the study they cite. However, the former die sufficiently before the latter that the lifetime total care cost for the latter is higher than for the former.