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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 08:52 PM
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Nation Spends $96 Billion a Year on Tobacco Related Health Care Spending
Nation Spends $96 Billion a Year on Tobacco Related Health Care Spending

http://dpc.senate.gov/dpcvideo.cfm?sel_vid=060809feinstein

VIDEO: Senator Feinstein on the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 08:57 PM
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1. But if everyone quits smoking, how are they going to fund
SCHIP?
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:51 PM
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2. And another 100 billion a year on people who live longer...
because they don't smoke.

Yeah, we all know smoking is bad for you, but this number game has too many options to play it straight.
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paulsby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 04:22 AM
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3. yes. the bulk of the evidence seems to support that smokers
actually save society money
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