[brokenmachine]

Governments don't usually do things from the joy in their hearts, or out of the care for their constituents.

I'm more inclined to think that smokers aren't subsidizing everyone as much as they like to think.

[InvertedRhodium]

Governments, when objectively correct, tend to release data to support their position. The only value in measuring expenditure alone is in how the uneducated interpret it as more favorable.

[brokenmachine]

So what you're saying is that the government is leaving money on the table out of care for the health of the people? That's terrible...