[stackskipton]

It does, there is even a study on it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9321534/

Smokers also help keep pension/social security costs down since they pay into it but don't collect out of it or do for much shorter period.

[danielbln]

That study is almost 30 year old, has there been more current research? I also wonder if externalities like trauma on friends/family are factored in, I could imagine there are some transitive effects?