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Just let the taxpayer funded healthcare system deal with the burden. See how you can go the other way too if you want to be objective :)
by mmarian 6mo ago
Just let the taxpayer funded healthcare system deal with the burden. See how you can go the other way too if you want to be objective :)
- 6510 6mo agoNot sure what you mean. Here smokers pay much more taxes than non smokers and they require much less health care.
- justsomehnguy 6mo agoA country with 1M of an everyday smokers and a tax of $1 per pack would get $1M a day in the tobacco tax. There is a $365M oops 365 days in the year.
- mmarian 6mo agoJust Googled "cost of smokers in UK", and first result I got - total annual economic cost of £46B, for England alone https://ash.org.uk/media-centre/news/press-releases/latest-figures-show-cost-of-smoking-in-england-up-25-to-at-least-21-8-billion https://ash.org.uk/media-centre/news/press-releases/latest-f...
- justsomehnguy 6mo agoAt least you could had try to find the numbers not from a very opionated source. But anyway, $20B / 30M smokers give only $666/person. A $2 tax per pack covers it with a proficit.