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That study still ignores lost productivity from smokers. If you are on sick leave, you don’t pay taxes, and if you are dead you pay neither taxes or for insuran

• nemo44x 5y ago
  I think most people get sick from smoking at or near retirement age. Early 60’s seems like when lung disease begins to become noticeable. So these are the years people go from productive to a net societal expense as they collect social security and Medicare. I guess we don’t really know. But I think it’s probably true that smokers don’t end up costing society anymore than non-smokers overall. Saying that, smoking is a ridiculous thing and I’ve seen how it not only steals years but makes those final 10 years progressively worse and torturous.