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Originally posted by Not Me
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.
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I can't recall. I worked on this question in law school for a professor, but that was years ago, so my info may be out of date.
