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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I remember reading a piece that responded to a famous Viscusi article about how we shouldn't tax cigarettes, if anything we should subsidize them for all the money they save (pensions, etc.) from unproductive old people dying earlier than they otherwise would.
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I don't know about that, but Viscusi's bio talks about work he's done suggesting that people overestimate the risks associated with smoking, and would smoke more if they knew more.
eta that the bio contains a description of a book that address both what str8 says above and what I talk about. If I were an insomniac I might be interested in picking it up.
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