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Re:San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigare... by lovecg on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @06:57PM (#20280031)
Btw, it’s counterintuitive and morbid to think about, but the healthcare and other public spending is actually less for smokers than nonsmokers on average: they tend to die right around retirement age before social security and expensive healthcare is needed. See e.g. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1210319
Re:San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigare... by dkbrk on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:33AM (#20281946)
There's a classic (and very funny) scene in Yes Prime Minister with this exact argument:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-WCX6ndow&feature=youtu.be...

Re:San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass an E-Cigare... by conanbatt on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:11PM (#20280182)
Hah! This is a fantastic argument I hadn't heard before.