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Maybe this was incorrect information, but I was under the impression that smokers were generally less of a cost on healthcare, as they tended to die earlier and
by xboxnolifes 5y ago
Maybe this was incorrect information, but I was under the impression that smokers were generally less of a cost on healthcare, as they tended to die earlier and use less medical resources.
- Angostura 5y agoThey die earlier, but I'm no sure if this outweighs the substantial treatments many need before they die.
- jjgreen 5y agoA smoker's heart attack at 57 is cheap, it's the non-smoker's 15 years of Alzheimer's that costs.
- hackeraccount 5y agoOr is that the smoker's emphysema, copd, lung cancer - I've heard it both ways but in my mind it's at least an open question as to who costs more.
- jjgreen 5y agoTrue enough, it could go either way, you pays your money and you takes your choice. Unless you're a Kiwi, there the state makes that choice for you; Mummy knows best.
- pixel_fcker 5y agoSee comment elsewhere in this thread for how smoking is a massive net gain for the UK government thanks to high taxes and early mortality.