The cost impact of smoking and obesity on the public health system is not known. Smokers and obese people usually die earlier than non-smokers and non-obese people; thus, relieving the health system of the most expensive nursing home years of those in their 80's and 90's, when the health care costs are peaking.
I just really hate nanny-state bans such as this one (for the record, I quit smoking 15 years ago). Almost each and every one of Orwell's predictions are coming true. Governments don't know what's good for you and by telling us what's good they take away people's ability to think critically and to decide for themselves. History proves it over and over again. Witches and heretics were burned at stake for the good of the people too based on the best quality research and advice available to the rulers in those times.
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