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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by rsj_hn on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:43PM (#29007327)
Except tobacco use does not increase healthcare costs and in fact reduces them, due to people dying earlier and more quickly.
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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:26PM (#29007714)
Perhaps for the age 65+ risk pool under Medicare (mostly taxpayer funded healthcare), but probably not for the under age 65 risk pools. Or at least I am not aware of tobacco causing significant mortality before age 65.
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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by rsj_hn on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:28PM (#29007746)
Overall. This is not hard to verify with some googling -- I posted some links in another comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29005498

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