FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by ArkanExplorer on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:07PM (#26987977)

Smokers save Governments money on healthcare, because they die earlier.

"According to the research, a person of normal weight costs on average £210,000 over their lifetime, a smoker just £165,000 and an obese person £187,000."

https://taxfoundation.org/new-study-shows-smokers-and-obese-....

By this logic, there should be no tax (or indeed a subsidy) on cigarettes.

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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by kube-system on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:07AM (#26989740)

Fair point, but healthcare costs are only one of the external costs that a smoker might cause. There are other costs to society as well.

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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by spacemanmatt on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:01AM (#27014067)

Sounds like someone just finished reading a bunch of Ayn Rand novels.

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