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by kaybe 5250 days ago
Additionally, smokers will, on average, die sooner and cost less in pensions. [1] [2] (The study is kind of.. morbid in it's conclusions, and even stranger is that the tobacco industry endorsed it.) I've been looking for a similar study on overweight, but couldn't find any as of now.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Finance_Balance_of_Smoki...

[2] http://web.archive.org/web/20011105203845/http://tobaccofree...