[masfuerte]

You are wrong. The swingeing taxes on cigarettes already cover the healthcare costs and the smokers die early saving even more money.

[bitshiftfaced]

> smokers die early saving even more money.

I thought cancer care tended to be pretty expensive. Not sure that your math is so clear cut.

[masfuerte]

There's good news there too. Smokers don't just die of cancer. They also suffer from a variety of other fatal conditions.