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Originally posted by sgtclub
The studies I have read indicate that smokers, because they die younger, actually pick up a greater percentage of the group insurance tab than non-smokers, so the tax is actually counterintuitive. We should be incouraging people to smoke.
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What study? The one I read was published in JAMA. It showed that because of the tax on cigarettes, smokers made up for the increased costs they cause by smoking. It wasn't their insurance premiums that made up for it, though. It was the tax on the cigarettes.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content...ct/261/11/1604
FYI - the study found that drinkers do not pay their way.
