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by stoops 2375 days ago
This doesn't account for the extra value those folks will create.
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Yes, it does, but most of the years lost are when people are drawing social security or similar public pensions, not economically productive; there have been numerous studies on this, and while many have raised moral arguments against acting the way tobacco companies propose (as they have actively lobbied based on them in many places in the world) based on them, there has been no serious disputes of the facts of net financial savings.