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   by rjbhtrf 10y ago

   In many countries retirement insurance is automatically witheld from salary. In Poland it's 19,52% of salary. https://www.mpips.gov.pl/ubezpieczenia-spoleczne/ubezpieczen... In Australia it's 9% http:/&
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   by rjbhtrf 10y ago

   That's interesting! Completely different.
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   by rjbhtrf 10y ago

   I don't know Australia, but in Poland total taxes from tobacco and alcohol are similar to income tax, and to healthcare budget. -Tobacco and alcohol tax: 40 billion PLN 2013 [1] -Personal income tax 42 billion PLN 2012 [2] -Healthcare
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   by rjbhtrf 10y ago

   The main cost of smoking in that study is value of life, the cost of premature deaths. But in terms of raw dollars it's different. If smokers die 10 years earlier, that's 10 years less of unproductive period in life, retirement. N