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Originally Posted by Zaggeron
How about an article from the New England Journal of Medicine
NEJM -- The Health Care Costs of Smoking
"Conclusions If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs."
I'm just doing my part to save your tax dollars... |
perhaps because people would be living longer...
Lets kill all the felons to save money on prison costs...same logic, right? Less prisoners in prison, therefore it'll cost less!
Also, in the discussion part of the article, they are disclaiming a "related diseases" and the care involved in correcting those issues. They're just looking at people who smoke, vs people who don't smoke, where as smoke is the direct cause of the doctors visit.
That's like saying people who have HIV aren't sick, because AIDS is a side effect and shouldn't be counted, therefore HIV isn't bad.