[SheLion]

If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.

I put that in bold so it would catch the eye.  But you know what I mean.  Smoking has reported to have dropped over the years, so blaming higher health care on smokers shouldn't be the problem anymore.

It's all the illegal aliens that our hospitals have to treat that is forcing us to have higher health care costs.

[Tax-chick]

That's a good point in the aggregate; however, in terms of an individual employer's group health insurance costs, smoking or nonsmoking could be a significant factor.