Re: Article

On 2012-05-01 21:01:31 +0000, Bart Goddard <goddardbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
In the bowels of this article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/30/us-obesity-idUSBRE83T0C820120430

We find the sentence:

"Smokers die early enough that they save Social Security, private
pensions, and Medicare" trillions of dollars, said Duke's Finkelstein.

Yes, trillions.

Maybe we can get a break on cigar taxes...?

I have this weird hypothesis (no real data, but a string of weird leaps) that, on the aggregate, [cigarette] smoking protects you from several other diseases, adding years to your life. The downside being that the last 2-5 years are a living hell for the smoker and anyone close to them.


(Cigar & pipe smoking seems to have little impact on health, other than to keep disease carrying pests away. ;)

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