Just before everybody gets going about health care costs- in one of the other smoking threads (I think the Okotoks by-law one) somebody pointed out that smokers are less of a burden on our health care, as they tend to die young and not need 5-10 years of long term care when they hit 80 years old. There were number to back it up.
I suppose the same could be said for snowboarders and rocket bike riders; however I'm sure their contribution to income tax might compensate for their tax burden a bit. Whereas smokers tend to die right around the time they would be retiring.
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