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They are not really treating smokers heavily now, and they have a lower life expectancy. In the grand scheme of things, i bet smokers are net contributors to

by Glawen 2y ago

They are not really treating smokers heavily now, and they have a lower life expectancy. In the grand scheme of things, i bet smokers are net contributors to society as: They pay tobacco taxes their whole life and They die younger, so less retirement money to shell out. And please, check out where Milan is on a map. You basically always drive through Milan to get anywhere in Italy, it's a giant motorway crossing. It's really surreal to blame smokers for pollution.

ath3nd 2y ago
> In the grand scheme of things, i bet smokers are net contributors to society as. I do believe you are entitled to your opinion, but it's a measured fact that smokers are of a tremendous detriment to health care, finance, and productivity. It's a general consensus that smokers are net negative to society. It's fine to be pushing edgy thoughts, but there are numerous studies about the impact of smokers to society and healthcare, if anyone bothers to look. - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819203 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494734/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494734/ - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743521001134 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00917... > It's really surreal to blame smokers for pollution. https://fctc.who.int/news-and-resources/spotlight/environment/4.5-trillion-cigarette-butts-are-equal-to-1.69-billion-pounds-of-toxic-trash https://fctc.who.int/news-and-resources/spotlight/environmen... Cigarette butt pollution is real, and in Milan it's reached insane proportions. It makes total sense to both blame smokers for failing to clean their trash, and regulating them out of the public spaces. Additionally, smokers were responsible for a disproportionate amount of indoor pollution when smoking was allowed indoors in public spaces, but thankfully we regulated that. Now it's time to regulate the outdoor smoking and ban smokers to the confines of their own homes.

by Glawen 2y ago

ath3nd 2y ago

> In the grand scheme of things, i bet smokers are net contributors to society as. I do believe you are entitled to your opinion, but it's a measured fact that smokers are of a tremendous detriment to health care, finance, and productivity. It's a general consensus that smokers are net negative to society. It's fine to be pushing edgy thoughts, but there are numerous studies about the impact of smokers to society and healthcare, if anyone bothers to look. - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819203 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494734/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494734/ - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743521001134 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00917... > It's really surreal to blame smokers for pollution. https://fctc.who.int/news-and-resources/spotlight/environment/4.5-trillion-cigarette-butts-are-equal-to-1.69-billion-pounds-of-toxic-trash https://fctc.who.int/news-and-resources/spotlight/environmen... Cigarette butt pollution is real, and in Milan it's reached insane proportions. It makes total sense to both blame smokers for failing to clean their trash, and regulating them out of the public spaces. Additionally, smokers were responsible for a disproportionate amount of indoor pollution when smoking was allowed indoors in public spaces, but thankfully we regulated that. Now it's time to regulate the outdoor smoking and ban smokers to the confines of their own homes.