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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
The tobacco litigation and much of the anti-smoking campaign is based on the health costs associated with smoking (which does include non-smokers). The states put forth the idea that they were incurring extra healthcare costs because of diseases caused by smoking.
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Yeah, that wsa the public justification. Which doesn't withstand scrutiny, since smokers die younger, so don't incur health care costs for an additional twenty years. And it's not like the states spent the money on actual care for smokers. No, it's to build bridges named after politicians. But I digress.
