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Originally posted by fotze@Aug 4 2004, 10:25 AM
I've always wanted to see how they come up with the costs of smoking and whatnot to healthcare. If someone dies at 45 of lung cancer are we not saving years of checkups, hip replacements, heart ailments, old age homes, pension payments, prescriptions and years of old guy jibberjabber. I guess we are losing the influx of money from income lost but needless to say, these numbers can be vastly different depending on the results that one wants to have
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A study was done in the Czech Republic and it was found that the government made more money off of tobacco then it lost due to health care costs. Though the validity of the study can be questioned since it was prepared for Philip Morris.
"Based on up-to-date reliable data and consideration of all relevant contributing factors, the effect of smoking on the public finance balance in the Czech Republic in 1999 was positive, estimated at +5,815 mil. CZK."
Czech's are the greatest 