Smokers Continue to Cost All of Us More Than All Of Obamacare

valuewalk ^ | July 29, 2017 | JOHN F. BANZHAF

[Rebelbase]

Adding: in NYC a pack a day 40 year habit smoker will pay over $60,000 in tobacco taxes.

None of that money is directed to help lower medical costs.

[JohnyBoy]

>Is it a good bonus or a bad bonus? I am currently using the gum with nicotine.

Both. Bad for you heart, but wonderful for cognitive function and memory.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the reply. Looks as if it will raise blood pressure.

Another interesting article

We Need To Make A Distinction Between Smoking And Nicotine ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/smoking-nicotine-addiction_n_7311652.html

[dila813]

I understand, but that is one person.

You have to compare the healthcare cost not at that point in time but their entire lifetime. Their cumulative cost.

[Bob434]

i think the foie gras was in chicago if i remember right- that ban didn’t last long though

[Mears]

“My father was a heavy smoker who died from lung cancer. If he received three weeks of medical care it was a lot.”

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I smoke-—other than childbirth I have been hospitalized twice,for a total of only 5 days-——I’m 84.

I certainly don’t know what’s ahead of me but whatever is I am sure the smoking can’t be blamed.

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[Reddy]

Good for you.

My mother and father in law thoroughly enjoyed smoking too, until lung cancer killed them. And my cousin was smart enough to quit, yet died of lung cancer 15 years later.

I pray that doesn’t happen to you. But please don’t pretend that smoking is harmless.

[Lurker]

“With all due respect to “big government” nanny-staters—and that’s the only kind there are—f-ck that sh-t... “

Well said, sir. Well said indeed.

L

[Nifster]

I know that it was outlawed in California before I left

[castlegreyskull]

I was thinking about the same thing. By the way, what happened to all that money?

[Mears]

“But please don’t pretend that smoking is harmless.”

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Of course I don’t think it’s harmless anymore than I think an excess of anything is harmless——— but it’s not as harmful as it has been depicted.

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[KC_Conspirator]

Poof! All that tobacco suit money from the Klinton years that was supposed to be for healthcare went to democrap law firms.