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> > > Personally, I think it's none of the government's business whether or not I smoke.
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> > > Stephen
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> > It becomes its business if it pays for the resulting healthcare etc., which it does in many countries.
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> The NHS says that smokers cost the Britain less in health care costs than non-smokers because they tend to die earlier, and don't need long-term geriatric care.
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> winter"Saving the country money"mute


I tend to think that the countless investigations into the cost/benefit/whatever of smoking have cost society more than the actual care of (non-)smokers ...

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