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I know its a side point, but I gather that smokers actually cost the UK NHS less than non-smokers, because smokers tend to die younger and faster than non-smoke
by PaulAJ 11y ago
I know its a side point, but I gather that smokers actually cost the UK NHS less than non-smokers, because smokers tend to die younger and faster than non-smokers. The people who cost the NHS a lot are the healthy, clean living people who survive into their 80s and 90s needing more and more healthcare as they go.
- magoghm 11y agoInteresting point. I hadn't looked at it that way. Do you know about any hard data that shows this clearly?
- DanBC 11y agoThis is how much money is earnt through tax and excise: http://www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-figures/tax-revenue-from-tobacco/ http://www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-fi... (about £10bn in 2005) This is how much smoking costs, maybe: £5bn But it's a bit more complicated than that.
- tmoullet 11y agoDo you know of any studies/articles that explore this idea? In the UK does any of taxes collected on the sale/manufacturing of cigarettes go back to funding the NHS?
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- jobu 11y agoThis appears to be what you're talking about: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9359212/Obese-and-smokers-less-of-a-burden-on-the-NHS-than-the-healthy-who-live-longer-report.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9359212/Obese-an... The research was done by a think-tank called The Institute of Economic Affairs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs ). Unfortunately I can't find the actual research information behind their study, but I did find they were paid by tobacco companies for doing it - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/01/thinktanks-big-tobacco-funds-smoking http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/01/thinktanks-bi...