الخميس,26 يناير 2012 - 03:45 ص
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Belief that nobody would ever die if they succeed in banning tobacco. They seem to believe that people will live forever if they don't smoke.
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But in all actuality, a smoker's life expectancy is only diminished by about 6% ... and even that cannot be attributed entirely to smoking. This is because smokers generally not "health conscience" people to begin with. If they were, they probably wouldn't be smoking in the first place. (You don't see too many smokers hangin' around the gym or at health food stores.)
It is also a belief that tobacco related illnesses cost the government money. In reality, it generates billions of dollars in tax revenues while at the same time saving billions of dollars in Social Security and Medicaid payments by killing smokers off early. It is much cheaper to pay for a 65-year-old's cancer treatment, than to pay for his prescriptions & social security for 6 more years, then still have to pay for his cancer treatment - or even worse - his Alzheimer's treatment.