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Originally Posted by skins
In a country where health care is paid for by the government, I have no problem with any laws that discourage smoking (an obvious health detriment). While I've done little research on the topic, I find it hard to believe that tobacco tax revenue offsets the costs imposed on the health care system by smokers.
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I'd seen a report on this long ago (made by tobacco companies and sent to the US gov't), that says that since smoking tends to kill you before you reach old age (the money sucking years), that it provides tremendous savings at a national level, in terms of health care, pensions, etc.