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Smokers, eaters and drinkers are endlessly accused of being a “cost to society”, and their “cost” is computed by “experts” who manage to shell out ever-growing numbers. Aside from the fact that those categories of people ARE society, those “costs” stem from the same cheating mentality that has nothing to do with science and facts and everything to do with making the figures square with the politics. The contribution of smokers through tobacco taxes, for example, is routinely ignored; but that is certainly not the only thing that is ignored. As it is so often the case with those who accuse, the accuser is guilty. In reality non smokers “cost to society” far more than smokers – and that is one of the very reasons why the medicare system of the West are collapsing. This compendium of studies and articles explains why non-smokers are a serious burden to society.
Full 'The Cost of Non Smokers to Society' category Scientific Evidence Listing (8 documents)
Lifetime medical costs of obesity: prevention no cure for increasing health expenditure
Smoked out: antitobacco activism at the World Bank
The Health Care Costs of Smoking
Prognostic factors for respiratory sickness absence and return to work among blue collar workers and office personnel
CRS Report - Cigarette Taxes to Fund Health Care Reform: An Economic Analysis
CRS Report - The Proposed Tobacco Settlement: Who Pays for the Health Costs of Smoking? (updated April 30, 1998)
A closer look at statistics on smoking and health
Smokers' Burden on Society: Myth and Reality in Canada
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